delusive
adjective
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Contemporary Examples of delusive
And the feelings of security provided by guns may be delusive.
The question is: Will those negotiations be real and productive or — as the Iranians must hope — delusive and manipulative?
So it is with wind and solar today, and the president is engaging in delusive political practice by suggesting otherwise.
Historical Examples of delusive
It declared any "scheme of expatriation" to be "delusive, cruel, and dangerous."
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
The delusive pleasures that follow in the train of dark-browed night, all told of Edwin.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
They may be delusive, but they cannot possibly be fictitious.
Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense MetaphysicsWilliam Thomas Thornton
Has he not acquired a little of the delusive plausibilities of lawyers?
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
An answer in words is delusive; it is really no answer to the questions you ask.
Essays, First SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson