hypocritely

English

Etymology

From hypocrite +‎ -ly.

Adverb

hypocritely (comparative more hypocritely, superlative most hypocritely)

  1. (archaic) hypocritically
    • 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:
      a stubborn Boy is againe hardned. / That plies his Lesson (Hypocritely-coy)

References

“hypocritely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.