falsely - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'falsely' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Falsely

[ adv.]

- In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously.

1 . falsely

[ r]

Meaning (1):
- in an insincerely false manner

Example in sentence:

a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened

Meaning (2):
- in an incorrect manner

Example in sentence:

to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely

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