delusivelyadv.
/dɪˈl(j)uːsɪvli/ In a delusive manner.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [adverb]
prestigiously1593
illusorilya1631
deludingly1641
delusively1646
deceptiously1797
1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 46 God utterly deserting, the Devill delusively invading.
1648 A. Burrell Cordial Calenture 5 The Officers of the Navie did delusively cause Seaven great Frigots to be built.
1819–20 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1982) X. 854 How sweet to me were those words, which I thought—alas, how delusively!—would soothe & invigorate at once Recovery.
1885 Manch. Examiner 6 June 5/3 The senses act delusively and uncertainly.
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