lying
noun
the telling of lies, or false statements; untruthfulness.
lyingly
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a word derived from
lying.
Example Sentences
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To which she, seeing his uncertainty, answered lyingly: 'No, that I am not, but if you would speak with Mistress Preston, I will entreat her to come to you.'
From A Book of Quaker Saints by L. V. (Lucy Violet) Hodgkin
Her work, let it be said, was no work at all, only a shuttle plying in and out mysteriously, and lyingly doing the deed known as tatting.
From Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown
The Ape thus lyingly praised, together with his crew, orders a present to be given to the flatterer.
From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
At least, she could not say afterwards that he had ever tried to make himself falsely civil and lyingly agreeable.
From Captivating Mary Carstairs by Raymond Moreau Crosby
Everywhere rage the mitrailleuses, the cannon, and the rifle; the victories of the Communalists are lyingly proclaimed.
From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by John Leighton
