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vyingly

English

Etymology

vying +? -ly

Adverb

vyingly (comparative more vyingly, superlative most vyingly)

  1. In a vying or competitive manner.

Synonyms

  • competingly

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lyingly

English

Etymology

lying +? -ly

Adverb

lyingly (comparative more lyingly, superlative most lyingly)

  1. In a lying manner; deceptively, mendaciously.
    • 1828, Robert Southey, Epistle to Allan Cunningham
      And now is there a third derivative
      From Mr. Colburn's composite, which late
      The Arch-Pirate Galignani hath prefixed,
      A spurious portrait to a faithless life,
      And bearing lyingly the libelled name
      Of Lawrence, impudently there insculpt.
    • 2001, Christopher Hitchens, "Of Sin, the Left, and Islamic Fascism", The Nation 24 September
      He didn't even save himself by lyingly claiming, as he several times did, that Osama bin Laden was hiding in Bosnia.

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