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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb In a deceptive or deceiving manner.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a manner to deceive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a manner to deceive.

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  • adverb In a deceptive manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a misleading way

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Examples

  • Suffice it to say that the term "deceptively simple" has rarely been more apt, as a couple we understand to be strangers turn out to be anything but - and the context and meaning of their conversation shifts dramatically in kind.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • The new A-class range features both five and three-door models which it labels deceptively with Saloon and Coupe designations, boasting a completely new look designed to distinguish the new model from its controversial predecessor.

    Australian Car Advice | News Blog 2008

  • Obviously no corporate lobbying organization is actually in favor of democracy in the workplace, as their name deceptively implies.

    President Obama: Small 'Change' and the Mendacity of 'Hope' 2009

  • I sing "Suzie is a Headbanger" in deceptively empty streets.

    Poetry and Healing Sharon Bakar 2006

  • She glanced at Charles; his expression deceptively open, he was watching Nicholas.

    A Lady of His Own Laurens, Stephanie 2004

  • Obviously no corporate lobbying organization is actually in favor of democracy in the workplace, as their name deceptively implies.

    CounterPunch 2009

  • Obviously no corporate lobbying organization is actually in favor of democracy in the workplace, as their name deceptively implies.

    CounterPunch 2009

  • Obviously no corporate lobbying organization is actually in favor of democracy in the workplace, as their name deceptively implies.

    CounterPunch 2009

  • Obviously no corporate lobbying organization is actually in favor of democracy in the workplace, as their name deceptively implies.

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  • Obviously no corporate lobbying organization is actually in favor of democracy in the workplace, as their name deceptively implies.

    CounterPunch 2009

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