Disingenuously

//ˌdɪs.ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.əs.li//

Synonyms for "disingenuously" (7 found)

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Related words (3)

Adverb(2 words)

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Translations

11 translations across 3 languages.

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German

4 entries
  • hinterlistigerweise adv (in a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively)
  • unehrlicherweise adv (in a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively)
  • unredlicherweise adv (in a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively)
  • unwürdig adv (in an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • неискрено adv (in a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively)

Slovak

4 entries
  • neúprimne adv (in a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively)
  • neúprimne adv (in a manner that adopts a pose of naivete, possibly to make a point or to deceive)
  • nečestne adv (in an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily)
  • pokrytecky adv (in a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively)

Sample sentences

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Antisemites have for some time disingenuously claimed the word "goy" to be a slur.

Source: tatoeba (13574070)

Instead of inquiring why the facts oppose the theory, and where the explanation is to be found for this remarkable discrepancy, he disingenuously endeavours to give reasons for "the causes which operated, and do commonly operate, to prevent these extraordinary drafts on the productive resources of the country from being so much felt as it might seem reasonable to expect."

Source: wiktionary

The letter's false intent trumps any truths within, which one would expect of a woman who disingenuously calls herself Fidessa.

Source: wiktionary

Churchill, a month later, would memorably if disingenuously describe Lend-Lease as a matter of "Give us the tools and we will finish the job." Roosevelt, a few days earlier, had described it a bit more prosaically, but no less disingenuously, as the equivalent of lending a neighbor whose house was on fire a garden hose, expecting to get it back when the fire was out.

Source: wiktionary

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