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dishonestly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In a dishonest manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: insincerely, untruthfully, dishonestly, false, falsefully, falsely, illegitimately, truthlessly, underhand, underhanded, underhandedly, unsincerely, untruly

Antonyms: honestly, truthfully, candidly, outright, earnestly, for real, for realsies, forthcomingly, frankly, genuinely, legitimately, no cap, openly, simply, sincerely, singly, straight up, truly

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adverb

Meaning 2

in a corrupt and deceitful manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: venally, deceitfully

Antonyms: honestly

History

Etymology

From Middle English dishonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to dishonest + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: oneerlik — in a dishonest manner
  • Catalan: deshonestament — in a dishonest manner
  • Dutch: oneerlijk — in a dishonest manner
  • Finnish: epärehellisesti — in a dishonest manner
  • French: malhonnêtement — in a dishonest manner
  • Italian: disonestamente — in a dishonest manner
  • Polish: nieszczerze — in a dishonest manner
  • Portuguese: desonestamente — in a dishonest manner
  • Spanish: deshonestamente — in a dishonest manner
  • Swedish: oärligt — in a dishonest manner