hypocritically

Definition of hypocriticallynext

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Recent Examples of hypocritically Trump hypocritically voted by mail himself in a recent Florida special election. George Skelton, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocritically
Adverb
  • This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Raphael could certainly extract feeling from the architecture of a body and the distribution of its weight, but the majority of his faces, even the most artificially expressive ones, are unburdened by anything like a psychology.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The housing laws that the General Assembly passed over the last couple of years created pressure and artificially accelerated a process that takes time and public input, Bommer said.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Jones has falsely claimed the 2012 elementary school shooting, in which 20 students and six adults were killed, was a hoax.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Bank records obtained by CBS 12, through a subpoena, show that Kaiser was allegedly captured on surveillance footage at a JPMorgan Chase branch handing a check falsely attributed to the museum to a teller and then completing the transaction with her debit card.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • What can be said about the Kalimotxo that hasn’t been pretentiously asserted by an undergraduate who just learned about it?
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • His baritone vocals are well presented, falling neatly into the frequency range the speaker likes to emphasize, though they are unnaturally boosted in some of his lowest notes.
    Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Some of the earliest sculptures ever depict naked women with unnaturally exaggerated breasts, hips and pubic triangles, but scholars still disagree about how to interpret them.
    Anna Swartwood House, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Additional uses of geolocation data, the providers say, include proving a bettor is dishonestly disputing credit card charges, revealing sign-up bonus abuse or showing that someone is illegally making proxy wagers across state lines.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • As naive as that may sound in a world where so many self-evident rights and wrongs are being routinely, dishonestly evaluated and reevaluated, the series elevates simple truths in ways that are downright inspirational.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Jacob goes to Isaac with this hairy disguise, deceitfully announces himself as Esau, and obtains his father’s blessing—much to the chagrin of his brother.
    Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
  • To help fill their coffers even more, the lobbyists deceitfully expanded the definition of those notch years to include everyone born through 1926.
    Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Rife with cartoonish action and bright colors and perhaps, most importantly, a shirtless Noah Centineo, the first look at Kitao Sakurai’s Street Fighter film is almost deceptively promising.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Hers is a dark, dark mind that weaves deceptively simple tales into terrifying psychological page turners like The Housemaid.
    E.L. James, Time, 15 Apr. 2026

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“Hypocritically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocritically. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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