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mendaciously
adverb
formaluk /menˈdeɪ.ʃəs.li/ us /menˈdeɪ.ʃəs.li/
in a way that is dishonest or untrue:
"My wife and I are thinking of moving," he said mendaciously.
They mendaciously asserted that their army was not involved in the attacks.
People have been mendaciously told that my equipment failed, which is not true.
He mendaciously took this country to war knowing that no there was no outside threat.
"Everyone calls me John," he added mendaciously.
The world's media mendaciously reported a happy ending to the story.
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