falsely

Adverb

(comparative more falsely, superlative most falsely)

In a false manner.
He protested his innocence to the end, claiming he had been falsely charged and convicted.

Origin

false +‎ -ly

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His death has been falsely imputed by some historians to the caliph Suleiman.'
C. 2908) holds that the reference here is purely figurative; " Judah has dealt falsely with the wife of his youth, the covenant religion, and is wedding a strange cult."
She recalled with bitterness how he'd plied her with potion, falsely igniting her deep seeded passions until there was no turning back from his rampant lust.
The law of course was clear that the "punctilio which swordsmen falsely do call honour" was no excuse for wilful murder.
Certain compilations still extant bear the falsely-assumed names of eminent writers, such as Pliny and Hippocrates.

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