Added 9 October 2026
falsely
adverb
adverb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about falsely at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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In an insincerely false manner.
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 nothing had happened
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In an incorrect manner.
to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely
Origin
From Middle English falsly, falsliche, equivalent to false + -ly.
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