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adv. - In an incorrect manner; In an insincere manner.

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Usage examples (28)
  • To credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely
  • A seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though...
  • Potential is not the same as a history of Nobels as the the title falsely claims in the same manner as the Olympic piece.
  • An emphasis should be laid on the word falsely in this passage.
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