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单词 pretendedly
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pretendedlyadv.

Brit. /prᵻˈtɛndᵻdli/, U.S. /priˈtɛndədli/, /prəˈtɛndədli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pretended adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < pretended adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a pretended manner; by a pretence; ostensibly; allegedly, supposedly; falsely.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adverb]
faintlyc1330
feigninglya1387
supposingly?a1450
feignedly1535
counterfeitly1548
dissimulately1556
pretencedly1567
simulately1592
pretensively1607
pretendedly1611
ironically1612
supposedly1618
feigning1620
pretendingly1645
fictitiously1646
fictly1677
simulatively1816
bogusly1862
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 537/1 Pretendedly founded vpon that Charter.
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 76 Yet liues his Heresie amongst men pretendedly most Orthodox.
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 40 If any one be truly, and not pretendedly zealous for Gods honour.
1683 Apol. Protestants France i. 7 Those of the said Religion pretendedly Reformed..may not hereafter be overcharged or oppressed with any Imposition..more than the Catholicks.
1716 B. Church Entertaining Passages Philip's War i. 29 He and his English Men pretendedly fled, firing on their retreat towards the Indians that pursued them.
1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1822) XIII. 223 Every kind of act done by Mr. Hastings—pretendedly for the Company, but really for himself.
1807 Monthly Mag. 23 362 Things are pretendedly explained and classed in unmeaning words.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. ii. 47 The pretendedly well-informed, but really ignorant, artist.
1893 H. James Let. 29 Dec. (1981) III. 451 This he did..by reading and pretendedly rehearsing the play in secret once or twice.
1917 C. R. Payne tr. O. Pfister Psychoanalytic Method i. xi. 292 I have also found the serpent atypically as allusion to the pretendedly poisonous tongue of the wife.
1948 F. Thompson Still glides Stream v. 100 Any questions were met by a pretendedly jocular ‘Wait & see!’
1984 Listener 26 Apr. 28/3 The question matters for me, since it is the pretendedly ‘light’ Stevens that I find great.
2003 Canberra Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 25 Oct. b11 Pretendedly bipartisan occasions such as the presidential address to Parliament.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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