Word Meanings - DECEITFULLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
With intent to deceive.
Related words: (words related to DECEITFULLY)
- INTENTIONALITY
The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge. - INTENTIONAL
Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental. - INTENTNESS
The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention. Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business. South. - INTENTLY
In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed. Syn. -- Fixedly; steadfastly; earnestly; attentively; sedulously; diligently; eagerly. - INTENTIONALLY
In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose. - DECEIVER
One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor. The deceived and the deceiver are his. Job xii. 16. Syn. -- Deceiver, Impostor. A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the - INTENT
1. Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement. 2. Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, - DECEIVE
deceive; de- + capere to take, catch. See Capable, and cf. Deceit, 1. To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare. Evil - INTENTION
Any mental apprehension of an object. First intention , a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone. -- Second intention , a conception generalized from - INTENTIVELY
Attentively; closely. "Intentively to observe." Holland. - INTENTATION
Intention. - INTENTIONED
Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well- intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs. - INTENTIVE
Attentive; intent. Spenser. - INTENTIVENESS
Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. W. Montagu. - UNDECEIVE
To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South. - WELL-INTENTIONED
Having upright intentions or honorable purposes. Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the wellintentioned party. Macaulay. - SELF-DECEIVED
Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.