fraudulently

English

Etymology

From Middle English fraudulently; equivalent to fraudulent +‎ -ly.

Adverb

fraudulently (comparative more fraudulently, superlative most fraudulently)

1. In a fraudulent manner.
   • 2017 January 26, Nate Cohn, “Illegal Voting Claims, and Why They Don’t Hold Up”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     But there is one study that has been interpreted to suggest it is at least possible. It found that between 32,000 and 2.8 million noncitizen voters might have fraudulently cast ballots in the 2008 presidential election. The study, based on a survey of 38,000 people after that election, has been under fire since it was published in 2014.

Translations

in a fraudulent manner

• Catalan: fraudulentament (ca)
• Esperanto: fraŭde
• Ido: fraude (io)
• Spanish: fraudulentamente (es)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fraudulentlye, fraudulentlie, fraudelently, fraudilentli

Etymology

From fraudulent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrau̯diu̯lɛntliː/, /ˈfrau̯dilɛntliː/

Adverb

fraudulently

1. fraudulently, deceptively

Descendants

• English: fraudulently

References

• “fraudūlentlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-06.