lyingly en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English lying Middle English -ly English -ly English lyingly From lying + -ly.
Meanings
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In a lying manner; deceptively, mendaciously.
And now is there a third derivative From Mr. Colburn's composite, which late The Arch-Pirate Galignani hath prefixed, A spurious portrait to a faithless life, And bearing lyingly the libelled name Of Lawrence, impudently there insculpt.
1828, Robert Southey, Epistle to Allan Cunningham:He didn't even save himself by lyingly claiming, as he several times did, that Osama bin Laden was hiding in Bosnia.
2001 September 24, Christopher Hitchens, “Of Sin, the Left, and Islamic Fascism”, in The Nation:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most lyingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more lyingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
pl kłamliwie (Translations)