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Definition of Mendaciously
1. Adverb. In a mendacious and untruthful manner. "I told him, quite untruthfully, that I had just returned from leave"
Definition of Mendaciously
1. Adverb. In a lying or deceitful manner. ¹
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Definition of Mendaciously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mendaciously
Literary usage of Mendaciously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great American Fraud: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quacks, in Two by Samuel Hopkins Adams (1907)
"... which profess to uphold the standards of the medical profession, and yet more
or less openly defend mendaciously advertised nostrums, is difficult to ..."
2. Doctor Claudius: A True Story by Francis Marion Crawford (1883)
"... into a certain conventional thing which they mendaciously term their "intelligence,"
from a Latin verb intelligo, said to mean "I understand. ..."
3. An Essay on the History and Effects of the Laws of Mortmain: And the Laws by William Francis Finlason (1853)
"... there was no legislation, as modern writers mendaciously represent, directed
against the acquisition of property by the clergy for themselves or for the ..."
4. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1905)
"... the latter half of Charles's reign, as distinguished from those mendaciously
attributed to them by Oates, is hastily dismissed as unconvincing (p. 243). ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"... people" remarked Eversole mendaciously. "You see, she's of the chief's clan—and
that makes it pretty serious." "They daren't—I'll explain the whole ..."
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