Disingenuously

Quick meaning: Disingenuously is an adverb meaning In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.

Meaning

In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.

More Meanings

1. In an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily.
2. In a manner that adopts a pose of naïveté, possibly to make a point or to deceive.

Example Sentences

The letter's false intent trumps any truths within, which one would expect of a woman who disingenuously calls herself Fidessa.

Churchill, a month later, would memorably if disingenuously describe Lend-Lease as a matter of "Give us the tools and we will finish the job." Roosevelt, a few days earlier, had described it a bit more prosaically, but no less disingenuously, as the equivalent of lending a neighbor whose house was on fire a garden hose, expecting to get it back when the fire was out.

Instead of inquiring why the facts oppose the theory, and where the explanation is to be found for this remarkable discrepancy, he disingenuously endeavours to give reasons for "the causes which operated, and do commonly operate, to prevent these extraordinary drafts on the productive resources of the country from being so much felt as it might seem reasonable to expect."

Synonyms for disingenuously

Depending on context, synonyms include deceitfully, deceptively, ignobly, unworthily, artfully.

Antonyms for disingenuously

Common opposites include candidly, frankly, openly, nobly, worthily.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include artfully, deceptively, deceivingly, undeceptively, lyingly, deceitfully.

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