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Definition: DECEIVABLY

Part of Speech Definition
Adverb 1. In a deceivable manner.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective deceivable.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(deceivable)
1. Fitted to deceive; deceitful.[Websters].
2. Subject to deceit; capable of being misled.[Websters].
3. Being easy, simple or facile.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being gullible or credulous.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb deceivably.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Deceivably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DECEIVABLY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adverb1. In a deceivable manner.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective deceivable.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(deceivable)
1. Fitted to deceive; deceitful.[Websters].
2. Subject to deceit; capable of being misled.[Websters].
3. Being easy, simple or facile.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being gullible or credulous.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb deceivably.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DECEIVABLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)