deceitful
adjective
given to deceiving.
deceitfully
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a word derived from
deceitful.
Example Sentences
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In the end, much of what I had observed as a high life that might someday include me was simply smoke and mirrors artfully and deceitfully played.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
"Breaking down, I hit the floor / All the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting, 'More'," she sings on the deceitfully upbeat I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
He also said he believed the warrant served at his home was obtained deceitfully.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
It appears that Kogan deceitfully used his dual roles as a researcher and an entrepreneur to move data between an academic context and a commercial context, although the exact method of it is unclear.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2018
"He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully."
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
