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meretriciously
adverb
formaluk /ˌmer.ɪˈtrɪʃ.əs.li/ us /ˌmer.əˈtrɪʃ.əs.li/
meretriciouslyadverb (FALSELY)
in a way that seems attractive but is really false or of little value:
Advertising has always been a meretriciously self-obsessed business.
The bill is complex, and its opponents say it is meretriciously muddled.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affected & insincere
affectation
affected
affectedly
archly
artificial
feyness
forced
forcedly
fustian
glib
piously
ponce
ponce about/around
posey
preciously
sugary
super-smooth
superslick
talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom
theatricality
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
Not of good quality
True, real, false, and unreal
meretriciouslyadverb (RELATIONSHIP)
old use
If two people live meretriciously, they have a sexual relationship without being married to each other:
Both parties entered into the original union meretriciously.
He had been living with her for fifteen years meretriciously, and married her about three months before his death.
They had begun their cohabitation meretriciously.
Where the relationship began meretriciously, the claimant had to show the existence of a marriage.
Related word
meretricious
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