dishonestly

English

Etymology

From Middle English dishonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to dishonest +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

dishonestly (comparative more dishonestly, superlative most dishonestly)

1. In a dishonest manner.

   Synonyms: insincerely, untruthfully; see also Thesaurus:falsely

   Antonyms: honestly, truthfully; see also Thesaurus:honestly

   • 2014, A P Simester, J R Spencer, G R Sullivan, Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine:

     Section 13 of the 1968 Act enacts a separate offence of dishonestly abstracting electricity. The separate offence is needed because electricity, like other forms of energy such as heat, is not property.

   • 2021 October 18, Oliver Darcy, “Right-wing media figures dishonestly use Colin Powell’s death to question Covid vaccines”, in CNN Business‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 October 2021:

     Some prominent conservative media figures on Monday dishonestly used the death of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died of Covid-19 complications, to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccines.

Translations

in a dishonest manner

• Afrikaans: oneerlik
• Catalan: deshonestament (ca)
• Dutch: oneerlijk (nl)
• Finnish: epärehellisesti (fi)
• French: malhonnêtement (fr)
• Italian: disonestamente (it)
• Polish: nieszczerze (pl)
• Portuguese: desonestamente (pt)
• Spanish: deshonestamente (es)
• Swedish: oärligt (sv)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dishonestli, dyshonestly

Etymology

From dishoneste (“disgraceful”) +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈɔnɛstliː/

Adverb

dishonestly

1. disgracefully, dishonourably
2. wantonly, lewdly

Descendants

• English: dishonestly

References

• “dishonestlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.