dissimulate
verb (used with object)
to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble.
dissimulative
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a word derived from
dissimulate.
Example Sentences
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They were formed for good spirits and addicted and appointed to hilarity; they were more observant than they appeared; they were, in an inarticulate accidentally dissimulative fashion, capable of high appreciation.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James
What Louis, always dissimulative, feigned to be an act of gracious homage to dead generosity was in truth an act of defiant and safe self-assertion.
From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
They were extremely good natured young men; they were more observant than they appeared; in a sort of inarticulate, accidentally dissimulative fashion, they were highly appreciative.
From An International Episode by Henry James
The foreign journals, however, have so much in them that is dissimulative and latent, they require more care and discernment.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
