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deceptively

[dih-sep-tiv-lee] / dɪˈsɛp tɪv li /




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The way it works is deceptively simple: Touch your phone to the Brick, and it blocks a you-defined list of apps.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yes, they looked prosperous and, deceptively, as if they both had their entire lives ahead of them.

From MarketWatch

Most mental health interventions start with a provider verbally asking a deceptively simple question: What are you feeling?

From Los Angeles Times

Now the “existential” climate risk bandwagon is coming to an end for the deceptively simple reason known as “running out of other people’s money.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Activists argued that they had deceptively promoted gas and biofuels as clean energy.

From Barron's