deceitfully

1. 1.

   in a corrupt and deceitful manner

   “he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend”

   Synonymsdishonestlyvenally

Questions about deceitfully

What does deceitfully mean?

deceitfully means "in a corrupt and deceitful manner".

How many syllables are in deceitfully?

deceitfully has 4 syllables: de-ceit-ful-ly. The stress falls on "ceit".

What is another word for deceitfully?

Close synonyms include dishonestly, venally. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deceitfully a common word?

deceitfully is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.