| 单词 | falsely |
| 释义 | falsely (once / 1590 pages) adv Things are done falsely when they're fake or dishonest. If your sister smiles falsely at you, you'll know she's up to no good. When people do things falsely, they are lying or otherwise being dishonorable or less than honest. You can laugh falsely to make your uncle feel better about his terrible joke, or you can fill out a job application falsely, to avoid telling a new employer how badly your last job ended. The adverb falsely comes from false, with its Latin root falsus, "deceptive, deceitful, or pretend." WORD FAMILYfalse: falsehood, falsely, falseness, falser, falses, falsest, falsity+/falsehood: falsehoods/falseness: falsenesses/falsity: falsities USAGE EXAMPLESPrestan noted that many falsely assume they are all Mexicans and, in his experience, treat people poorly if they hear Spanish being spoken. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) The sergeants confronted the agent and falsely informed her they were obtaining a warrant for her arrest. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) A federal magistrate judge ruled in August that detectives falsely promised leniency in exchange for his confession and ordered Dassey released. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adv in an insincerely false manner a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened 2adv in an incorrect manner to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely Syn incorrectly |
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