pretended
adjective
insincerely or falsely professed.
pretendedly
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a word derived from
pretended.
Example Sentences
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One day Mistress Bridget brought in a tall beggar woman, dumb, or pretendedly so, and apparently deaf.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
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 Jared Sparks
"I'm rather glad of that," remarked Mrs. Phillips, with an eye pretendedly fixed on the Mexican dolls.
From Bertram Cope's Year by Henry Blake Fuller
He spoke with a pretendedly grave consideration of the subject.
From Destiny by Charles Neville Buck
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 Herbert Baldwin Foster
