falsely

  • 1Falsely — False ly, adv. In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously. O falsely, falsely murdered. Shak. [1913 Webster] Oppositions of science, falsely so called. 1 Tim. vi. 20. [1913 Webster] Will ye steal, murder . . . and… …

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  • 2falsely — [adv] deceitfully basely, behind one’s back*, crookedly, dishonestly, dishonorably, disloyally, faithlessly, falseheartedly, malevolently, maliciously, perfidiously, roguishly, traitorously, treacherously, underhandedly, unfaithfully,… …

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  • 3falsely — adv. Falsely is used with these adjectives: ↑cheerful, ↑inflated, ↑modest, ↑negative Falsely is used with these verbs: ↑accuse, ↑attribute, ↑believe, ↑claim, ↑identify, ↑implicate, ↑ …

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  • 4falsely — adverb 1. in an insincerely false manner a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened • Derived from… …

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  • 5falsely — adverb In a false manner. He protested his innocence to the end, claiming he had been falsely charged and convicted …

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  • 6falsely — In a false manner, erroneously, not truly, perfidiously or treacherously. Dombroski v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 126 N.J.L. 545, 19 A.2d 678, 680. Knowingly affirming without probable cause. The word falsely , particularly in a criminal statute …

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  • 7falsely — In a false manner, erroneously, not truly, perfidiously or treacherously. Dombroski v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 126 N.J.L. 545, 19 A.2d 678, 680. Knowingly affirming without probable cause. The word falsely , particularly in a criminal statute …

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  • 8falsely — false ► ADJECTIVE 1) not in accordance with the truth or facts. 2) invalid or illegal. 3) deliberately intended to deceive. 4) artificial. 5) not actually so; illusory: a false sense of security. 6) disloyal. DERIVATIVES …

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  • 9falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater — [falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater] the example used in 1919 by the US Supreme Court judge Oliver Wendell Holmes to show that in certain circumstances free speech should be limited, although he greatly supported free speech. The most… …

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  • 10falsely call to account — index frame (charge falsely) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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