MENDACIOUSLY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

mendaciously

adverb

Definition of mendaciously

as in deceitfully

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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

Definition of deceitfully

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In May, the ICE agent was charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
But the divisions con-tinued, particularly when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French Army, was falsely accused of being a spy in 1894.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

Definition of falsely

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By then, von Stroheim had offered his services to the French army, which thanked him politely but declined.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Sight and sound are the two senses that dominate any media-watching experience, and bad audio is enough to make your guests cringe and politely decline your next watch-party invitation.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 16 July 2026

Definition of politely

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If an Entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or destroyed, entrant’s sole remedy shall be another entry into the Sweepstakes.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 13 July 2026
That’s the word that NPR Editor in Chief Thomas Evans used to describe why, today, the outlet erroneously published a report by the veteran Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg that Justice Samuel Alito had retired.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026

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