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dishonestly

adverb/dɪsˈɒnɪstli/

What It Means

In a dishonest manner.

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Dishonestly in Context

“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

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From Middle English dishonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to dishonest + -ly.

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