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deceptively

[ dih-sep-tiv-lee ]

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adverb

in a way that tends to mislead or give a false impression:
This game is played with such deceptively simple materials, yet is so interestingly complex!
Some of these harmful foods are deceptively marketed as "healthy" by giant food corporations.
in a way that is perceptually misleading:
If only a segment of sky is visible, the bands of Earth’s shadow and the Belt of Venus appear deceptively parallel.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of deceptively¹

First recorded in 1810–20; deceptive ( def ) + -ly ( def )

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Trump alleges the program was deceptively edited to favor Harris, a charge that 1st Amendment experts say is spurious.

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Trump claims the program was deceptively edited to favor Harris.

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For all its dreamy elegance, it’s deceptively simple.

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This opening scene might be quick and straightforward, but it’s also deceptively informative.

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It had to be thus, because populism is liberal democracy’s sinister cousin, bearing just enough resemblance to legitimate self-government to be deceptively dangerous.

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