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Definition of Falsely
1. Adverb. In an insincerely false manner. "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"
2. Adverb. In an incorrect manner. "To credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely"
Definition of Falsely
1. adv. In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously.
Definition of Falsely
1. Adverb. In a false manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Falsely
1. false [adv] - See also: false
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falsely
Literary usage of Falsely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"51, § 2, declaring that any person who shall swear falsely in the premises and
be thereof convicted shall suffer as for willful and ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"636 The Revised Statut es, section 8461 Is as follows: "Every person who simulates
or falsely or fraudulently executes or signs any bond, permit, ..."
3. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1816)
"The five other Ceremonies, falsely called Sacraments, proved not to be Sacraments :
their Nature explained. 1 HE preceding discussion respecting the ..."
4. The Law of Libel and Slander in Civil and Criminal Cases: As Administered in by Martin L. Newell (1898)
"(7) [Averment of general damage.] (8) [Averment of special damage.] (9) |Conclusion —
The ad damnum.] § 6. For Charging the Plaintiff with Swearing falsely ..."