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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fakely en · ADV

Etymology

From the adjective fake + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard) In a fake way, fraudulently.
    • We showed up at the bar and it was an ocean of fakely tanned men, wearing vests with no shirts underneath. 2002, Georgie Nickell, I Only Smoke on Thursdays:

Forms

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most fakely Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (5)

de betrügerisch (in a fake way, fraudulently) · de auf betrügerische Weise (in a fake way, fraudulently) · de in betrügerischer Absicht (in a fake way, fraudulently) · de unecht (in a fake way, fraudulently) · de falsch (in a fake way, fraudulently)