lyingly

English

Etymology

From lying +‎ -ly.

Adverb

lyingly (comparative more lyingly, superlative most lyingly)

1. In a lying manner; deceptively, mendaciously.
   • 1828, Robert Southey, Epistle to Allan Cunningham:

     And now is there a third derivative
     From Mr. Colburn's composite, which late
     The Arch-Pirate Galignani hath prefixed,
     A spurious portrait to a faithless life,
     And bearing lyingly the libelled name
     Of Lawrence, impudently there insculpt.

   • 2001 September 24, Christopher Hitchens, “Of Sin, the Left, and Islamic Fascism”, in The Nation:

     He didn't even save himself by lyingly claiming, as he several times did, that Osama bin Laden was hiding in Bosnia.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: kłamliwie (pl)