FALSELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does falsely mean? 

• FALSELY (adverb)
  The adverb FALSELY has 2 senses:

1. in an insincerely false manner
2. in an incorrect manner

  Familiarity information: FALSELY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSELY (adverb)

Meaning:

In an insincerely false manner

Context example:

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

Pertainym:

false (deliberately deceptive)

Meaning:

In an incorrect manner

Synonyms:

incorrectly; falsely

Context example:

to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely

Pertainym:

false (arising from error)