Hypocritically

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a hypocritical manner
Adverb
  1. 1
    in a hypocritical manner wordnet

Synonyms

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duplicitouslyduplicitously

Example

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"In our fight against drug abuse we shall be committing a serious mistake if we begin to admit that it is a 'lost war' and that, for hypocritically economically-based questions, it is not worthwhile investing enough money to deal with the size of this scourge."

Etymology

From hypocritical + -ly.

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