lyingly

In a lying manner; deceptively, mendaciously.

Adverb

  1. In a lying manner; deceptively, mendaciously.
    • And now is there a third derivative From Mr. Colburn's composite, which late The Arch-Pirate Galignani hath prefixed, A spurious portrait to a faithless life, And bearing lyingly the libelled name Of Lawrence,...
    • He didn't even save himself by lyingly claiming, as he several times did, that Osama bin Laden was hiding in Bosnia. - 2001 September 24, Christopher Hitchens, “Of Sin, the Left, and Islamic Fascism”, in The Nation:

Origin

Etymology tree English lying Middle English -ly English -ly English lyingly From lying + -ly.

Forms

more lyingly most lyingly