pretendedly

English

Etymology

From pretended +‎ -ly.

Adverb

pretendedly (comparative more pretendedly, superlative most pretendedly)

1. In a way that is pretended; under false pretence.
   • 1712, Roger Laurence, Lay-Baptism Invalid:

     This Author mightily triumphs in Bishops confirming Children, pretendedly Baptized by Dissenting Teachers, as if they therefore acknowledg'd those Baptisms to be Valid.