deceitfully
In misleading fashion
Deceitfully means in a manner intended to mislead or create a false impression.
Someone who acts deceitfully conceals the truth or presents falsehoods as genuine: She deceitfully claimed the work as her own.
The word implies deliberate dishonesty rather than innocent mistake.
Through intentional dishonesty
- falselyContrary to fact
- misleadinglyIn a deceiving way
- untruthfullyIn a lying manner
- insincerelyWithout true feeling
duplicitously · underhandedly · crookedly · corruptly · unscrupulously · perfidiously · shadily · deviously
In a scheming manner
- slylyIn a crafty manner
- wililyWith shrewd deception
- artfullyWith clever skill
- shrewdlyWith keen discernment
foxily · scheming · calculatingly · astutely · slickly · cleverly · insidiously · stealthily
In a treacherous manner
- faithlesslyIn a disloyal manner
- falselyContrary to fact
- perfidiouslyWith deceitful disloyalty
- traitorouslyIn a betraying manner
subversively · conspiratorially · collusively · hypocritically
With exaggerated importance
- masqueradingPretending to be another
- cloakedConcealed or covered
- camouflagedVisually hidden by coloring
- feigningPretending to feel something
By compulsion or pressure
- exploitativelyIn a taking-advantage manner
- calculatinglyWith deliberate scheming intent
- strategicallyWith planned purpose
- influentiallyWith significant effect
persuasively · domineeringly · insidiously · psychologically · schematically · maneuvering · leveraging · puppeteering
fraudulently
Through intentional dishonesty
- falselyContrary to fact
- misleadinglyIn a deceiving way
- untruthfullyIn a lying manner
insincerely · duplicitously · underhandedly · crookedly · corruptly · unscrupulously · perfidiously · shadily · deviously · dishonorably
craftily
In a scheming manner
shrewdly · foxily · scheming · calculatingly · astutely · slickly · cleverly · insidiously · stealthily · furtively
disloyally
In a treacherous manner
- faithlesslyIn a disloyal manner
- falselyContrary to fact
- perfidiouslyWith deceitful disloyalty
traitorously · subversively · conspiratorially · collusively · hypocritically
pretentiously
With exaggerated importance
- masqueradingPretending to be another
- cloakedConcealed or covered
- camouflagedVisually hidden by coloring
feigning · bluffing · spuriously · fictitiously · surreptitiously
coercively
By compulsion or pressure
- exploitativelyIn a taking-advantage manner
- calculatinglyWith deliberate scheming intent
- strategicallyWith planned purpose
influentially · persuasively · domineeringly · insidiously · psychologically · schematically · maneuvering · leveraging · puppeteering
- shady adverbsdishonestly, fraudulently, sneakily, slyly, deviously
deceitfullyhonestly
In a truthful manner
truthfully · candidly · forthrightly · frankly · openly
deceitfullyauthentically
In a real manner
genuinely · faithfully · truly · earnestly · wholeheartedly
- deceitful practicesDeliberately misleading conduct