Usually means: Lying by telling the truth.
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  1. paltering: Merriam-Webster
  2. paltering: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. paltering: Wordnik
  5. paltering: Wiktionary
  6. Paltering, paltering: Dictionary.com
  7. Paltering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. paltering: Rhymezone
  9. Paltering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. paltering: FreeDictionary.org
  11. paltering: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. paltering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paltering: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  Prevarication; dishonest bargaining, haggling.

Similar:
fibbing, patchery, prevarication, chicaning, underdealing, hedging, chicanery, double-dealing, humbuggery, blagging, more...

Opposite:
truthful, honest, straightforward, sincere, candid

Adjectives:
such, jesuitical, least, real, dishonest, hearted, further, slightest, good, preliminary, more

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Similar:
fibbing, patchery, prevarication, chicaning, underdealing, hedging, chicanery, double-dealing, humbuggery, blagging, more...

Opposite:
truthful, honest, straightforward, sincere, candid

Adjectives:
such, jesuitical, least, real, dishonest, hearted, further, slightest, good, preliminary, more



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