misleadingly

1. 1.

   in a misleading way

   “the exam looked deceptively easy”

   Synonymsdeceptivelydeceivingly

Questions about misleadingly

What does misleadingly mean?

misleadingly means "in a misleading way".

How many syllables are in misleadingly?

misleadingly has 4 syllables: mi-slea-din-gly. The stress falls on "slea". In IPA it is /mɪˈslidɪŋli/.

What is another word for misleadingly?

Close synonyms include deceptively, deceivingly. 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 misleadingly a common word?

misleadingly 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.