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  • adverb In a deceiving manner.

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  • adverb in a misleading way

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Examples

  • "The Social Network," which features Jesse Eisenberg in a subtle, deceivingly deadpan performance as the gifted but emotionally blank Zuckerberg, is a work of fiction inspired by fact.

    Ann Hornaday reviews 'The Social Network' and 'Waiting for "Superman" ' Ann Hornaday 2010

  • From the nuns, she had learned to be deceivingly modest.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • Now I know it's really easy to get all gung-ho excited about this bread ... there is something very luxurious about working the chocolatey, creamy spread into the supple but deceivingly wholesome dough!

    It's Baaack! Sarah 2009

  • The result is an inspired and deceivingly spacious, sustainable reinterpretation of an Alpine classic.

    Haily Zaki | Inhabitat 2010

  • From the nuns, she had learned to be deceivingly modest.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • There will always be the natural inclination to assume we will witness the same degree of progress in the next 10 years that we saw in the last 10 – but that view is deceivingly simple.

    Fighting to Keep Your Job in 2020 | Impact Lab 2010

  • Now I know it's really easy to get all gung-ho excited about this bread ... there is something very luxurious about working the chocolatey, creamy spread into the supple but deceivingly wholesome dough!

    Archive 2009-09-01 Sarah 2009

  • But it has a flaw: If the past year's earnings were unsustainably high, today's P/E might be deceivingly low.

    Peeling Back the Market's P/E Jack Hough 2011

  • He is no better, in fact deceivingly worse, than any Islamic terrorist in the world.

    Tests reveal 'nothing wrong' with Limbaugh's heart 2010

  • He's wily he once set safety Antrel Rolle giggling when he looked up at the sky, tricking a corner into thinking pass instead of run and corner Terrell Thomas called him deceivingly tough.

    Diminutive Rookie Chases NFL Dream 2010

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