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untruthfully
adverb
uk /ʌnˈtruːθ.fəl.i/ us /ʌnˈtruːθ.fəl.i/
in a way that involves telling lies, or not telling the complete truth:
He faces up to 6 years in prison if the judge concludes that he testified untruthfully.
"I'm fine, really," she began, untruthfully.
He explained what had happened and added, untruthfully, that the police had been friendly, helpful, and understanding.
His father claimed (untruthfully) that he had fought at the battle of Trafalgar.
The fascinating thing about surveys is how they reveal most people's willingness to answer questions untruthfully.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
a pack of liesidiom
artifice
bad faith
black is whiteidiom
cakeism
falsehood
falsification
feed someone a lineidiom
fib
fiction
lie
mythologically
mythologize
perjure
perjury
someone can talk!idiom
stretch the truthidiom
weasel words
white lie
whopper
Opposite
truthfully Related worduntruthful
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