falsely
/fˈɔlsli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He protested his innocence to the end, claiming he had been falsely charged and convicted."
- "This could not be more falsely stated."
- "Our insensitive laughter echoes even more falsely now."
- "And on none of them does the name ring more falsely than on Robert Southey."
- "President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that some states saw gas prices fall to just $1.98 on Wednesday."
- "RDG explains: "From April 1 2026, the following tickets, Anytime, Off-Peak, Day Travelcards and most Ranger and Rover tickets, will no longer be refundable on the day they become valid for travel." It calls the £40m it thinks it loses "refund abuse", which it explains as "refunds on tickets that have been used but not scanned or endorsed, where a customer falsely states that they did not travel". I'm sure such abuse takes place (and that it's done by passengers). But RDG is taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut and punishing many millions of honest passengers by making tickets more restrictive."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: falsly
Inflected Forms
more falsely (comparative)
most falsely (superlative)