dishonestly

From Middle English dishonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to dishonest +‎ -ly.

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dishonestly (comparative more dishonestly, superlative most dishonestly)

1. In a dishonest manner.

   Synonyms: insincerely, untruthfully; see also Thesaurus:falsely

   Antonyms: honestly, truthfully; see also Thesaurus:honestly

   • 2014, A P Simester, J R Spencer, G R Sullivan, Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine:

     Section 13 of the 1968 Act enacts a separate offence of dishonestly abstracting electricity. The separate offence is needed because electricity, like other forms of energy such as heat, is not property.

   • 2021 October 18, Oliver Darcy, “Right-wing media figures dishonestly use Colin Powell’s death to question Covid vaccines”, in CNN Business‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 October 2021:

     Some prominent conservative media figures on Monday dishonestly used the death of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died of Covid-19 complications, to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccines.

• dishonestli, dyshonestly

From dishoneste (“disgraceful”) +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

• IPA^(key): /disˈɔnɛstliː/

dishonestly

1. disgracefully, dishonourably
2. wantonly, lewdly

• English: dishonestly

• “dishonestlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.