deceitfully

Example Sentences

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"Breaking down, I hit the floor / All the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting, 'More'," she sings on the deceitfully upbeat I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

He also said he believed the warrant served at his home was obtained deceitfully.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

“They acted deceitfully and with absolutely no consideration for the weight of Mexico. I asked him, ‘Would you act that way with France or some other ally?’”

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022

One can blame them, however, for taking these steps deceitfully.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2022

I did not mean it deceitfully; but I am always making such blunders about right and wrong.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle