Preposition: for

• number: The group claims that the campaign is deceptive for a number of reasons, including that CFFC is simply not Catholic.

Preposition: in

• size: The Croma was deceptive in size and offered generous family sized proportions.

• term: The photo is a bit deceptive in terms of angles, which you will have to be aware of.

• way: Its distinctive art nouveau design is deceptive in another way.

Modifies a noun

• simplicity: The peripheral seating areas have been bought to life with deceptive simplicity.

• tactic: Beryl xx Dear Beryl, I am beginning to worry about the deceptive tactics I undertake to lull girls into my world of insecurities.

• advertisement: The settlement follows the agency's lawsuit charging consumers were misled through deceptive cell phone advertisements.

• spam: Unsolicited and deceptive spam, while annoying and offensive, is no longer my biggest concern.

• appearance: Again, we stress how deceptive appearances can be.

• ease: Marcel ran in from close to the halfway, going round the opposition cover with deceptive ease for a scintillating score.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: There are somewhat deceptive signs no doubt to lure cyclists to outlying villages.

• rather: From the High Street the entrance is rather deceptive - there is a wrought iron sign indicating the entrance to an alley.

• extremely: Distances in the Himalayas, we found, can be extremely deceptive.

• quite: Asked if there was any danger of falling, Greene smiled A camera is quite deceptive.

• highly: This argument in favor of regional processing, while appealing in its simplicity, is highly deceptive.

• very: Its a very deceptive place, just looks quite normal from the outside.

Used with adjective complement

• use: One common scam is the creation of " shadow " domains that funnel users to a site by using deceptive redirects.