Adjective : a mendacious person. ,a mendacious report. From Dictionary.com.
"I thought I knew his name," he added mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Partners In Crime]
"Why, that is my line!" said the sailor, mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
"What a shame," observed Prudence warmly and mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Paradise For Two]
He spoke mendaciously and yet to him it was not really a lie. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
"We didn't have to make up much, Daddy, did we?" mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [The Tin Soldier] Reference
"Miss Falconer will be delighted," said Lady Claire mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
"Oh, everybody is engaged," said Bertie, mendaciously ignoring Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
"I can think of nothing more enjoyable," she declared mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [A Summer Idyll]
"I'd have to give you ha'pence change, Brigadier," he replied, mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix And Ashes]
And it includes mendaciously misrepresenting the policies of the other party. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
“Your guess is as good as mine,” I said mendaciously, and he winked at me. From Wordnik.com. [Dead As A Doornail]
Gore, mendaciously assisted by the IPCC bureaucracy, had exaggerated a hundredfold. From Wordnik.com. ["I’m a religious fanatic just like you."] Reference
Or refuse to, lest the outcome portray the Jews in a less mendaciously negative light. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It is in the best academic tradition, and everyone respects a man for writing so mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Lysistrata] Reference
Obama has behaved disgracefully from day 1: dishonestly, hypocritically, cravenly, mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
"I am receiving clearance for lift-off," Helva said, mendaciously forestalling another exchange. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
"I'm bound there myself," said Cadfael, not quite mendaciously, for he had just conceived the intention. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Thief]
But yes, obviously they were: here's another poll, less mendaciously constructed, showing no such shift at all. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Red becomes the hero of her tale when she sees the wolfish nature mendaciously hidden beneath the flannel nightie. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast in Bed] Reference
Dame Beatrice nodded and (most mendaciously) said that she would be very glad of a rest before returning to the hotel. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Delft Blue]
Hence if he refuse to tell the truth which he is under obligation to tell, or if he mendaciously deny it, he sins mortally. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
"Yes, well, you can't blame them for wanting to send a sort of delegate to me to plead their case," he replied, mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Elvenborn]
Exclusive rights-of-way over the best radio spectrum are going to be needlessly, mendaciously, corruptly, and shortsightedly sold. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Spectrum Management Blogging] Reference
But that letter – writing is practised mendaciously nowadays, particularly by young men travelling in foreign parts, seems likely enough. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob's Room] Reference
"I am very grateful to you," I said, mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Journeys On] Reference
"I do indeed recognise you now," said I, mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel] Reference
"I am not," he answered shortly and mendaciously as well. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Traitor to the South A War Time Comedy With a Tragic Interlude] Reference
"I have no ulterior motive at all," I declared mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [An Amiable Charlatan] Reference
"Of course, I remember perfectly well," he said mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Somehow Good] Reference
"She never told her any such thing," cried Peggy mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
"I don't know anything about your trunk," said Burns mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Bank Messenger] Reference
By way of consolation I mendaciously assured her that I understood. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountebank] Reference
'I don't understand,' he objected mendaciously -- 'not a little bit.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Convert] Reference
'I don't know if I could tell you,' said Garrett mendaciously, 'in some public place. From Wordnik.com. [Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories] Reference
One cannot tell whether they genuinely are clueless, or whether they are just mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [RedState] Reference
"First there is fasting, and breathing, and contemplating self," he murmured mendaciously. From Wordnik.com. [Sense from Thought Divide] Reference
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