hypocritically

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypocritically
Adverb
  • This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Mother, the artificially intelligent taskmaster of the Weyland-Yutani corporation.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The filing comes days after Spotify was accused in another class action lawsuit of permitting massive amounts of streaming fraud on its platform, which siphons royalties from artists whose numbers aren’t artificially inflated.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The spokesperson cited a 2024 case in which Spotify found that a fraudulent artist who falsely obtained $10 million in royalties from various streaming services had extracted just $60,000 from Spotify.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2025
  • He was again arrested by the LAPD in 2004 for falsely reporting an emergency.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
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
  • Dawn of the Dead's flood of blood-and-guts is among the most memorable in film history, if only for the unnaturally vivid shades of red.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier video models often cheated to satisfy prompts, with objects teleporting or morphing unnaturally.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
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
  • That shot is really fast but deceptively complicated.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The state of Texas sued Kenvue last week, accusing the company of deceptively marketing the painkiller as safe.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Throughout the movie, Lanthimos doles out pieces of backstory in short, dreamlike sequences that unfurl in black and white, artfully filling in the blanks of Teddy’s particular interest in Michelle.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Featuring the works of artist Michael Storrings, the puzzle artfully depicts a snowy winter scene in New York City, complete with the subway line, skyscrapers, bright yellow taxis, storefronts, and of course, pedestrians strolling the streets.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Hypocritically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocritically. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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