Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a feigning manner; with simulation or pretense.
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- adverb With
feigning ordeception .
Etymologies
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feigning + -ly
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Examples
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But Siegfried was wise, and stowed away his _Tarnkappe_ with care; then he went back where the women sat, and said feigningly to Gunther,
The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour
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