Falsely — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

in an insincerely false manner

in an incorrect manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɔlsli/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɒlsli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɒlsli/

3 syllables Say it as /fˈɔlsli/.

Examples

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
to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

incorrectly

Parts of Speech

adverb	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”
adverb	in an incorrect manner “to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

fälschlicherweise

auf unaufrichtig falsche Weise

🇫🇷French

faussement

d'une manière sincèrement fausse

🇪🇸Spanish

falsamente

de una manera insinceramente falsa

🇮🇹Italian

falsamente

in modo poco sincero

🇳🇱Dutch

ten onrechte

op een onoprecht valse manier

🇵🇹Portuguese

falsamente

de uma maneira insinceramente falsa

🇷🇺Russian

ложно

неискренне лживым образом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

झूठा

बेहद झूठे तरीके से

🇧🇩Bengali

মিথ্যা

একটি অবিশ্বাস্যভাবে মিথ্যা পদ্ধতিতে

🇮🇳Tamil

பொய்யாக

ஒரு நேர்மையற்ற தவறான முறையில்

🇮🇳Telugu

తప్పుగా

నిష్కపటమైన తప్పుడు పద్ధతిలో

🇮🇳Marathi

खोटे

निष्ठापूर्वक खोट्या रीतीने

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખોટી રીતે

નિષ્ઠાપૂર્વક ખોટી રીતે

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ

ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕವಾಗಿ ಸುಳ್ಳು ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വ്യാജമായി

ആത്മാർത്ഥതയില്ലാത്ത തെറ്റായ രീതിയിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਝੂਠੇ

ਇੱਕ ਬੇਅੰਤ ਝੂਠੇ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

جھوٹے

غیر حقیقی طور پر جھوٹے انداز میں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

错误地

以一种不真诚的虚假方式

🇯🇵Japanese

誤って

不誠実に虚偽の方法で

🇰🇷Korean

거짓으로

정말 거짓된 방법으로

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nói dối

một cách sai lầm một cách không chân thành

🇹🇭Thai

เท็จ

ในลักษณะที่เป็นเท็จอย่างไม่จริงใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

salah

dengan cara yang sangat salah

🇵🇭Filipino

kasinungalingan

sa isang hindi tapat na maling paraan

🇲🇾Malay

secara palsu

dengan cara yang tidak ikhlas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

زورا

بطريقة كاذبة غير صادقة

🇮🇷Persian

به دروغ

به شیوه ای غیر صادقانه دروغین

🇹🇷Turkish

Yanlışlıkla

samimiyetsiz bir şekilde yanlış bir şekilde

🇮🇱Hebrew

באופן שקרי

באופן שקרי בחוסר כנות

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