deceptively
/dɪˈsɛptɪvli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.
adv
Actually but not apparently.
adv
Apparently but not actually.
Example Sentences
- "those deceptively jaunty tunes that mask less-than- cheerful lyrics"
- "2010, Australian Law Dictionarydeceptively similar, Oxford Reference A trade mark is deceptively similar to another trade mark if it so nearly resembles that other trade mark that it is likely to deceive or cause confusion"
- "President Trump sued CBS in a federal court alleging that the interview was deceptively “doctored” to help Harris beat Trump. CBS insisted that it was not doctored."
- "We've rounded up 26 recipes that sound, look and taste difficult but are actually really easy. ... try one of these deceptively easy but wildly impressive recipes."
- "The “deceptively spacious” cliche is accurate in the case of this house near the corner of Castlepark Road and Hyde Road: from the front, it looks like a traditional 1930s home. But the current owners, who moved here 23 years ago, have extended it three times since then; now, with two levels at the back, it has 346sq m (3,725sq ft) of space."
- "what seems like a complex situation is actually deceptively simple"
Etymology
Etymology tree English deceptive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English deceptively From deceptive + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪˈsɛptɪvli/
Inflected Forms
more deceptively (comparative)
most deceptively (superlative)