falsely

English

Etymology

From Middle English falsly, falsliche, equivalent to false +‎ -ly.

Adverb

falsely (comparative more falsely, superlative most falsely)

1. In a false manner.

   He protested his innocence to the end, claiming he had been falsely charged and convicted.

   • 1910 February 4, “PRINCETON'S GRADUATE COLLEGE; Issues a Denial [....]”, in New York Times:

     This could not be more falsely stated.

   • 1989 December 9, “Why Kill A Pollster?”, in Washington Post:

     Our insensitive laughter echoes even more falsely now.

   • 2003 January 1, “Wordsworthian Southey: the fashioning of a reputation.”, in Wordsworth Circle:

     And on none of them does the name ring more falsely than on Robert Southey.

Translations

in a false manner

• Catalan: falsament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不正確的／不正确的 (zh) (bù zhèngquè de)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: valselijk (nl)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: virheellisesti (fi), väärin (fi), valheellisesti (fi)
• French: faussement (fr)
• Galician: falsamente
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: fälschlicherweise (de), falsch (de)
• Hindi: झूठमूठ (hi) (jhūṭhmūṭh)
• Hungarian: hamisan (hu)
• Italian: falsamente (it)
• Japanese: 不誠実に (ja) (ふせいじつに, fuseijitsu ni)
• Khmer: មិនពិត (mɨn pɨt)
• Kyrgyz: жасалма (ky) (jasalma)
• Polish: błędnie (pl)
• Portuguese: falsamente (pt)
• Russian: непра́вильно (ru) (neprávilʹno), ло́жно (ru) (lóžno), оши́бочно (ru) (ošíbočno)
• Spanish: falsamente