fallaciouslyadv.
/fəˈleɪʃəsli/, U.S. /fəˈleɪʃəsli/ In a fallacious manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [adverb]
sophisticallya1382
fallaciously1612
Jesuitically1624
casuistly1650
casuistically1678
verbalistically1934
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
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb]
wrongc1175
miss?c1225
untruea1350
untrulyc1380
falselya1400
wilsomelyc1420
awrong1430
unpurelyc1460
fallibly1552
erroneously1578
sinistrously1581
wrongously1597
false1598
unproperly1604
incorrectly1611
fallaciously1612
mistakingly1652
foul1683
wrongfully1743
wrongly1755
erringly1815
1612 G. Browne tr. P. de la Martelière Argument against Jesuits Demandants 70 As to this point the Iesuits dispute fallaciously [Fr. fallacieusement].
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) Pref. sig. A4v We..promise no disturbance, or reoppose any Penne, that shall Fallaciously refute us.
1712 L. Howel Orthodox Communicant 18 Hast thou dealt fallaciously or treacherously with him, by Lying, Equivocating, or any Way suppressing and concealing the Truth from him?
1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §5. 139 That our senses fallaciously represented them [sc. heat, colour, etc.] as being in bodies.
1808 Times 17 Aug. America is not what he fallaciously describes her to be.
1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 28 15 It is often fallaciously assumed that [etc.].
1902 G. K. Chesterton Twelve Types 141 This attempt to re-establish communication with the elemental, or, as it is sometimes more roughly and fallaciously expressed, to return to nature.
1961 S. Hempstone Africa xvi. 409 Some people fallaciously confuse Krio with pidgin.
2016 Harvard Crimson (Nexis) 18 Jan. 1 Many people fallaciously maintain that a meaningful existence presupposes belief in a higher entity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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