untruthfully
In dishonest manner
In a manner that departs from the truth.
Someone who speaks untruthfully may be lying deliberately or simply saying something false: She untruthfully claimed to have been home all night.
The word carries a somewhat formal or legalistic tone compared to simply saying someone lied.
In an untruthful manner
- deceitfullyIn a lying manner
- fraudulentlyThrough intentional dishonesty
- duplicitouslyWith deliberate dishonesty
- misleadinglyIn a deceiving way
treacherously · underhandedly · disingenuously · guilefully · sneakily · shadily · crookedly · corruptly
In a deceiving way
- fibbingTelling minor falsehoods
- prevaricatingAvoiding direct honesty
- misrepresentingPortraying something inaccurately
- misstatingExpressing inaccurately
distorting · dissembling · equivocating · obfuscating · misreporting
With creative novelty
- fictitiouslyIn an invented manner
- fancifullyWith fanciful imagination
- imaginativelyWith original thinking
- mythicallyAs legends would describe
fabulously · apocryphally · spuriously · counterfactually · fantastically
Feigning virtues one lacks
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
- affectedlyWith artificial manner
- phonilyIn an insincere manner
- hollowlyIn an empty manner
superficially · sanctimoniously · unctuously · glibly · mealy-mouthed
dishonestly
In an untruthful manner
- deceitfullyIn a lying manner
- fraudulentlyThrough intentional dishonesty
- duplicitouslyWith deliberate dishonesty
misleadingly · treacherously · underhandedly · disingenuously · guilefully · sneakily · shadily · crookedly · corruptly · unscrupulously
mendaciously
In a deceiving way
- fibbingTelling minor falsehoods
- prevaricatingAvoiding direct honesty
- misrepresentingPortraying something inaccurately
misstating · distorting · dissembling · equivocating · obfuscating · misreporting
inventively
With creative novelty
- fictitiouslyIn an invented manner
- fancifullyWith fanciful imagination
- imaginativelyWith original thinking
mythically · fabulously · apocryphally · spuriously · counterfactually · fantastically
hypocritically
Feigning virtues one lacks
- pretentiouslyWith exaggerated importance
- affectedlyWith artificial manner
- phonilyIn an insincere manner
hollowly · superficially · sanctimoniously · unctuously · glibly · mealy-mouthed
untruthfullytruthfully
Without deception or lies
honestly · veraciously · sincerely · candidly · frankly
untruthfullysincerely
With genuine feeling
frankly · candidly · openly · forthrightly · straightforwardly