Pretendedly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a way that is pretended; under false pretence.
"This Author mightily triumphs in Bishops confirming Children, pretendedly Baptized by Dissenting Teachers, as if they therefore acknowledg'd those Baptisms to be Valid."
Example
More examples"This Author mightily triumphs in Bishops confirming Children, pretendedly Baptized by Dissenting Teachers, as if they therefore acknowledg'd those Baptisms to be Valid."
Etymology
From pretended + -ly.
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