fallaciously

adverb

as in falsely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallaciously
  1. falsely
  2. erroneously
  3. hypocritically
  4. insincerely
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  • The company directed employees to falsely bill Medicaid for services like peer support, according to the allegations, which stem from a 2023 whistleblower lawsuit filed by three former ARC employees.
    — Alex Acquisto, ProPublica, 30 July 2026
  • Students were allegedly subject to interrogations by the principal when Gaggle falsely flagged certain materials.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Definition of falsely
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  • Jimmy Coe, for example, said in an email to the larger airport that during his visit to Orlando in 2022, his taxi driver erroneously drove him to the Orlando airport instead of the Sanford airport where his Allegiant flight was departing.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Police also dispelled misinformation that had been circulating online about the suspect’s identity, saying that some social media posts had erroneously identified a different individual as the suspect.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of erroneously
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  • Trump hypocritically voted by mail himself in a recent Florida special election.
    — George Skelton, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of hypocritically
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  • This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.
    — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Definition of insincerely
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