falsely

/'fɔ:lsli/

Thân thiện

The witness testified falsely under oath.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In an incorrect or untrue manner: Used to describe an action or statement that is not based on fact or truth.
   • In an insincerely deceptive or misleading manner: Used to describe behavior or speech that is deliberately dishonest or meant to create a false impression.

Usage and Examples

• In an incorrect manner:

  • The witness testified falsely, leading to a wrongful conviction.
  • He was falsely accused of a crime he did not commit.

• In an insincerely deceptive manner:

  • She smiled falsely while hiding her true feelings of anger.
  • They chatted falsely about the weather, avoiding the difficult topic.

Advanced Usage

• "to credit/accuse someone falsely": To give someone praise or blame for something they did not actually do.
  • History should not credit him falsely for discoveries made by others.
• "to represent something falsely": To describe or show something in a way that is not accurate.
  • The advertisement falsely represented the product's capabilities.

Variants and Related Words

• False (adjective): Not true or correct; not genuine.
  • He gave a false name to the police.
• Falseness (noun): The quality of being untrue or insincere.
  • The falseness of his apology was obvious to everyone.
• Falsify (verb): To alter information so as to mislead.
  • He attempted to falsify the documents.

Synonyms

• Incorrectly: In a way that is not accurate or true.
• Wrongly: In a mistaken or unjust way.
• Dishonestly: In a deceitful or untruthful manner.
• Deceptively: In a way that is likely to mislead.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Cry wolf falsely": To raise a false alarm. (Derived from the idiom "to cry wolf").
  • After crying wolf falsely several times, no one believed his warnings.
• "Falsely modest": Pretending to be more humble than one actually is.
  • Her falsely modest reply did not fool anyone who knew her accomplishments.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in an incorrect manner
   • to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely
2. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• incorrectly