dishonestly

Adverb

dishonestly (comparative more dishonestly, superlative most dishonestly)

1. In a dishonest manner.
   • 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.2014, A P Simester, J R Spencer, G R Sullivan, Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine
   • 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.2021 October 18, Oliver Darcy, “Right-wing media figures dishonestly use Colin Powell’s death to question Covid vaccines”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2021

   Synonyms:

   insincerely, untruthfully, false, falsefully, falsely, illegitimately, truthlessly, underhand, underhanded, underhandedly

   Antonyms:

   honestly, truthfully, candidly, outright, earnestly, for real, for realsies, forthcomingly, frankly, genuinely