Meaning

3 senses
  1. In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.

    täuschend, irreführenderweise, trügerischerweise

  2. Actually but not apparently.

  3. Apparently but not actually.

More definitions
  • in a misleading way

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is deceptively slow.

    Том оманливо повільний.

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  2. Origami can seem deceptively simple, hiding complex math within its creases.

    deOrigami kann trügerisch simpel wirken, doch verbirgt sich in den Knickfalten komplizierte Mathematik.

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  3. This seems deceptively simple.

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  4. It sounds deceptively simple.

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  5. The overland trails and the relatively slow pace of the wagon trains were deceptively peaceful.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in a deceptive manner:

Forms

more deceptively, most deceptively
Comparativemore deceptively Lesson
Superlativemost deceptively

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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