FALSELY
falsely, incorrectly
(adverb) in an incorrect manner; “to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely”
falsely
(adverb) in an insincerely false manner; “a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
falsely (comparative more falsely, superlative most falsely)
In a false manner.
Source: Wiktionary
False"ly, adv.
Definition: In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or
treacherously. "O falsely, falsely murdered." Shak.
Oppositions of science, falsely so called. 1 Tim. vi. 20.
Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear falsely Jer. vii. 9.
FALSE
False, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] Etym: [L. falsus, p.p.
of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals
fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a
false witness.
2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.;
untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or
subject; false to promises.
I to myself was false, ere thou to me. Milton.
3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to
deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit;
hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false
jewelry.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know. Shak.
5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false
claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
Whose false foundation waves have swept away. Spenser.
6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are
temporary or supplemental.
7. (Mus.)
Definition: Not in tune. False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance
of an arch, though not of arch construction.
– False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice,
concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms.
– False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical
support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing.
– False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
– False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole,
or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized
fetus.
– False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended
with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the
deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
– False door or window (Arch.), the representation of a door or
window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give
symmetry.
– False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for
signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an
enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction.
– False galena. See Blende.
– False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a person
without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful
detaining of a person in custody.
– False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve
both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance.
– False key, a picklock.
– False leg. (Zoöl.) See Proleg.
– False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and
diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane.
– False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving false
representations respecting her cargo, destination, ect., for the
purpose of deceiving.
– False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from a
natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the
unskillful introduction of instruments.
– False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption of the
name and personality of another.
– False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning past or
present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another.
– False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of the
head rail to strengthen it.
– False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat
or sharp.
– False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the
officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
– False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five
pairs in man.
– False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the
roof. Oxford Gloss.
– False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent
purposes.
– False scorpion (Zoöl.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See
Book scorpion.
– False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away
again on the same tack.
– False vampire (Zoöl.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South America,
formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called
also vampire, and ghost vampire. The genuine blood-sucking bats
belong to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
– False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
– False wing. (Zoöl.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under Bastard.
– False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the
erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.
False, adv.
Definition: Not truly; not honestly; falsely. "You play me false." Shak.
False, v. t. Etym: [L. falsare to falsify, fr. falsus: cf. F.
fausser. See False, a.]
1. To report falsely; to falsify. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To betray; to falsify. [Obs.]
[He] hath his truthe falsed in this wise. Chaucer.
3. To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. [Obs.]
In his falsed fancy. Spenser.
4. To feign; to pretend to make. [Obs.] "And falsed oft his blows."
Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition