Usually means: Appearing different from the truth.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word deceptively:

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  1. deceptively: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. deceptively: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deceptively: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deceptively: Collins English Dictionary
  5. deceptively: Vocabulary.com
  6. Deceptively, deceptively: Wordnik
  7. deceptively: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. deceptively: Wiktionary
  9. Deceptively, deceptively: Dictionary.com
  10. deceptively: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Deceptively: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. deceptively: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. deceptively: Rhymezone
  14. Deceptively: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. deceptively: Free Dictionary
  16. deceptively: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. deceptively: Dictionary/thesaurus

(Note: See deceptive as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.
adverb:  Actually but not apparently.
adverb:  Apparently but not actually.

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