mendaciously


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men·da·cious

(mĕn-dā′shəs)
adj.
1. Lying; untruthful: a mendacious child.
2. False; untrue: a mendacious statement. See Synonyms at dishonest.

[From Latin mendācium, lie, from mendāx, mendāc-, mendacious.]

men·da′cious·ly adv.
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Adv. 1. [画像:mendaciously - in a mendacious and untruthful manner]mendaciously - in a mendacious and untruthful manner; "I told him, quite untruthfully, that I had just returned from leave"
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mendaciously

advunwahrheitsgemäß
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