mendacious
adjective
telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful.
mendaciously
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a word derived from
mendacious.
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a word derived from
mendacity.
Example Sentences
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I mouthed back, mendaciously, and kept it moving.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
If there is very little faith, it was mendaciously eroded not by facts but by the same people now attempting to profit from it.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
His only defense is to attack—recklessly, mendaciously and unrelentingly.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2017
If properly executed, that sort of thing might have some resonance, although the ready answer is that, rather than mendaciously engaging in some woman-destroying scheme, she had simply trusted her husband.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 3, 2016
"This dance is ours," he says, mendaciously, knowing well this is the first time they have met this evening.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
