† deceivablyadv.
Obsolete or archaic.
Deceitfully, fraudulently, falsely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adverb]
fakenlyOE
swikellya1023
ficklya1300
treacherouslya1340
guilinglya1382
sophisticallya1382
deceivably1387
guilefully1388
treacherlyc1394
deceivingly14..
guilouslyc1425
deceiteously1481
deceitfully1488
swikefullya1500
patchingly1570
faithlessly1581
abusively1595
dodgingly1599
fallaciously1612
deludingly1641
jugglingly1647
trickfullyc1790
hocus-pocusly1791
deceptiously1797
hocus-pocus1815
trickishly1824
deceptively1825
trickingly1833
dodgily1868
trickily1895
snakishly1935
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 109 Aftirward he [Edwyne] was reconsiled desceyvably and i-slayn.
1428 Surtees Misc. (1890) 4 Castyng of fals tyn menged with lede and pewtre, and sellyng of yt deceyvabely for gude tyn.
1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 1 Hydes..vntruly, insufficiently and deceiuably tanned.
1637 Declar. Pfaltzgraves' Faith 3 When the one shall..deceiveably lay imputations of errour on the other.
1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton v. ii. §3 If dower be deceivably [Fr. desceivablement] established.
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