Pronunciations (2)
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/dɪˈsiːtf(ə)li/
Pronunciation notes
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dɪˈsiːtf(ə)li
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Adverb
in a deceitful manner
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Though true cylinders without — within, the villainous green goggling glasses deceitfully tapered downwards to a cheating bottom.
with the intention to deceive
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More examples (1)
These days most of the relics are fabricated deceitfully, [such as those made from] a hollowed-out rock, the fruit of a sealwort, a fish eye, or remains fashioned by Nepalese, and must be analyzed by scholars.
Adverb
in a corrupt and deceitful manner
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he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend