falsely

Words with a similar base: falsely

'falsely'

[falsely.r.01] as in: in an insincerely false manner

Examples:
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

'falsely'

[falsely.r.02] as in: in an incorrect manner

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

Origins

					falsely (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── false (English)
    └── false (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── fals (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
            └── falsus (Latin)
                └── fallere (Latin)

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