Synonyms for deceptively
de·cep·tive·ly

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1. deceptively, deceivingly, misleadinglyadverb

   in a misleading way

   "the exam looked deceptively easy"

   Synonyms:
   deceivingly, misleadingly

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1. List of paraphrases for "deceptively":

   misleadingly

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1. Al Sharpton:

   The Rooney Rule has been proven to be something the owners used to deceptively appear to be seeking real diversity, we must have firm targets and timetables.

2. Kyrsten Sinema:

   Yesterday, several individuals disrupted my class at Arizona State University outside Phoenix. After deceptively entering a locked, secure building, these individuals filmed and publicly posted videos of my students without their permission -- including footage taken of both my students and I using a restroom.

3. John Lott:

   They should make the entire video public so that people can see how they deceptively edited my talk, taking not even a minute of a 15 minute talk, i have dedicated years of my life to try to prevent school shootings.

4. Andrew Patrick:

   The gun lobby is deceptively cherry picking this statistic to imply that overall gun deaths are down. In fact, the opposite is true.