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Princeton's WordNet

  1. deceptively, deceivingly, misleadinglyadverb

    in a misleading way

    "the exam looked deceptively easy"

Wiktionary

  1. deceptivelyadverb

    In a deceptive manner.

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  1. deceptively

    Deceptively is an adverb that describes something that appears one way, but in reality is quite different. It can refer to something that might combine elements of misrepresentation, understatement, camouflage, guile, or distortion to mislead or trick someone, often by presenting a simplified or attractive aspect that hides its true nature or complexity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deceptivelyadverb

    in a manner to deceive

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of deceptively in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of deceptively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of deceptively in a Sentence

  1. Al Sharpton:

    The Rooney Rule has been proven to be something the owners used to deceptively appear to be seeking real diversity, we must have firm targets and timetables.

  2. Kyrsten Sinema:

    Yesterday, several individuals disrupted my class at Arizona State University outside Phoenix. After deceptively entering a locked, secure building, these individuals filmed and publicly posted videos of my students without their permission -- including footage taken of both my students and I using a restroom.

  3. Andrew Patrick:

    The gun lobby is deceptively cherry picking this statistic to imply that overall gun deaths are down. In fact, the opposite is true.

  4. John Lott:

    They should make the entire video public so that people can see how they deceptively edited my talk, taking not even a minute of a 15 minute talk, i have dedicated years of my life to try to prevent school shootings.

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