deceivingly

Variant of deceive

transitive verb deceived, deceiving

  1. to make (a person) believe what is not true; delude; mislead
  2. Archaic to be false to; betray
  3. Archaic to while away (time)

Origin: ME deceiven < OFr deceveir < L decipere, to ensnare, deceive < de-, from + capere, to take: see have

intransitive verb

to use deceit; lie

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