DECEPTIVE
\dɪsˈɛptɪv], \dɪsˈɛptɪv], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_p_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of DECEPTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
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tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"
By Princeton University
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causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
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tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Deceptively.
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Deceptiveness.
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Tending to deceive.
By Daniel Lyons
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Deceptively.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
