falsely

English

Etymology

From Middle English falsly, falsliche, equivalent to false +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

falsely (comparative more falsely, superlative most falsely)

1. In a false manner.

   Synonyms: false; see also Thesaurus:falsely

   He protested his innocence to the end, claiming he had been falsely charged and convicted.

   • 1910 February 4, “PRINCETON'S GRADUATE COLLEGE; Issues a Denial [....]”, in New York Times:

     This could not be more falsely stated.

   • 1989 December 9, “Why Kill A Pollster?”, in Washington Post:

     Our insensitive laughter echoes even more falsely now.

   • 2003 January 1, “Wordsworthian Southey: the fashioning of a reputation.”, in Wordsworth Circle:

     And on none of them does the name ring more falsely than on Robert Southey.

   • 2025 April 17, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump falsely claims gas prices hit $1.98 in some states”, in CNN‎:

     President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that some states saw gas prices fall to just $1.98 on Wednesday.

Translations

in a false manner

Catalan: falsament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 不正確的 / 不正确的 (zh) (bù zhèngquè de) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: valselijk (nl) Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: virheellisesti (fi), väärin (fi), valheellisesti (fi) French: faussement (fr) Galician: falsamente Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: fälschlicherweise (de), falsch (de) Hindi: झूठमूठ (hi) (jhūṭhmūṭh) Hungarian: hamisan (hu) Italian: falsamente (it) Japanese: 不誠実に (ja) (ふせいじつに, fuseijitsu ni) Khmer: មិនពិត (mɨn pɨt) Kyrgyz: жасалма (ky) (jasalma) Polish: błędnie (pl) Portuguese: falsamente (pt) Russian: непра́вильно (ru) (neprávilʹno), ло́жно (ru) (lóžno), оши́бочно (ru) (ošíbočno) Spanish: falsamente