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Recent Examples of deceptively
Trump himself sued Paramount over the same interview, alleging it had been deceptively edited — a claim CBS strongly denied.
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Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
And sometimes, those habits are deceptively simple.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The principle behind osmotic potential is deceptively simple.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The 29-year-old is deceptively quick too, his intelligent movement part of the fluid rotations that makes PSG’s midfield so hard to track and contain.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In 2021, Bovino led journalists in swimming across the All-American Canal, whose deceptively swift current and smooth concrete lining result in migrant deaths every year.
—Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The premise is deceptively simple.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
The organizations have produced videos, often deceptively edited, in which members secretly record conversations with their subjects to gather incriminating or unflattering information.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
This lush harvest look is designed to avoid blocking handles and knockers while adding deceptively faux foliage to your door.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
And sometimes, those habits are deceptively simple.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The principle behind osmotic potential is deceptively simple.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The 29-year-old is deceptively quick too, his intelligent movement part of the fluid rotations that makes PSG’s midfield so hard to track and contain.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In 2021, Bovino led journalists in swimming across the All-American Canal, whose deceptively swift current and smooth concrete lining result in migrant deaths every year.
—Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The premise is deceptively simple.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
The organizations have produced videos, often deceptively edited, in which members secretly record conversations with their subjects to gather incriminating or unflattering information.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
This lush harvest look is designed to avoid blocking handles and knockers while adding deceptively faux foliage to your door.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceptively
Adverb
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Rachel Gilmore, a Canadian influencer who shows up first on the site, says she and others have been falsely accused of celebrating Kirk’s death.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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This old-fashioned adventure stars Liam Neeson as the eponymous real-life chieftain, who in 18th-century Scotland romances Mary MacGregor (Jessica Lange) and goes on the run to clear his name after being falsely targeted by Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth).—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The only scuffing—on shop doors, on the walls of the Métro—had been artfully painted on to make the scenery look appropriately aged.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Radley team has also created a tabloid-style newspaper with an artfully blurry image of Beka and her Romilly bag on the cover, and an interview inside.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As naive as that may sound in a world where so many self-evident rights and wrongs are being routinely, dishonestly evaluated and reevaluated, the series elevates simple truths in ways that are downright inspirational.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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And now a lot of birds around the globe are starting their days earlier than ever, because of unnaturally bright skies caused by light pollution.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
21 Aug. 2025
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The lights were on, but the house seemed unnaturally quiet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Since the release of ChatGPT, in 2022, colleges and universities have been engaged in an experiment to discover whether artificially intelligent chatbots and the liberal-arts tradition can coexist.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Means to repair or regrow cartilage artificially, however, could slow or even halt this process, and there are already some products on the market that function in this capacity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Théodore Pellerin plays Matthew, a quiet young man who cannily navigates himself into the inner circle of a rising pop star, Oliver (Archie Madekwe).—
William Earl,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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Rental Family cannily exploits its unusual premise to both comical and moving effect.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Cite this Entry
“Deceptively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceptively. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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