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deˈceitfulness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being deceitful; disposition or tendency to deceive or mislead; deceptiveness.
1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) II. 223 Beware disceytfulnes, All fraude and gyle take hede that thou despyce. 1526Tindale Matt. xiii. 22 The dissaytfulnes off ryches. 1671Glanvill Disc. M. Stubbe 21 The deceitfulness of Telescopes. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 64 O, the deceitfulness of the heart of man! 1870Anderson Missions Amer. Bd. III. xv. 238 The deceitfulness of the people. |