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Elena laughed, perhaps somewhat dissemblingly, in order to hide her agitation and fear.

From The Created Legend by Cournos, John

"Reason … requires that nothing be done insidiously, nothing dissemblingly, nothing falsely."

From A Lie Never Justifiable by Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

The man has a dissemblingly observing glance, and while apparently unconcerned, notes all.

From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay

They asked her kindly what she did there, alone; and Demeter answered, dissemblingly, that she was escaped from certain pirates, who had carried her from her home and meant to sell her as a slave.

From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Pater, Walter