falsely
- a word derived from false.
Example Sentences
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“Nothing suggested that the project would falsely accuse Ms. Banks of covering up a sexual assault, or being indifferent to what a contestant characterizes as a traumatic experience.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
In addition, she said, they were "potentially harming the reputation of judges and courts whose names are falsely invoked as authors of the bogus opinions".
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
Rush is accused of falsely telling employers he had been a navy pilot.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Federal prosecutors called him a pathological liar and swindler who falsely portrayed himself as a successful businessman and real-estate mogul with stints at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
For the world called to the heart, which stammered to reply; life, and love, and revelry, and, most falsely, hope, called the forgetful, the human heart.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
