pretendedly
- a word derived from pretended.
Example Sentences
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She fingered the length of ravelled bordering that drooped from the hair-cloth cushion of her chair and ran an eye, pretendedly speculative, up and down the pink and green stripes of Mrs. Bates's wall-paper.
From With the Procession by Fuller, Henry Blake
While laboring to remove these, the Amphitrite returned into port, pretendedly through the want of live stock, &c. by the officers.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Sparks, Jared
Whenever a victory of his was reported, they rejoiced, and whenever a reverse, they grieved,—some really, some pretendedly in each case.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). by Foster, Herbert Baldwin
One day Mistress Bridget brought in a tall beggar woman, dumb, or pretendedly so, and apparently deaf.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John
"No. If you will wait, I will tell master," said Hedwig, not at all flattered by being pretendedly taken for "the daughter of the house."
From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre
