adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a deceitful man
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He got the contract, but only by being deceitful .
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I don't trust her. I think she has a deceitful smile.
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The company has engaged in deceitful practices for years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A deceitful day that makes one think of lilacs and daffodils, before blasting you with another cannonade of winter.
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Being deliberately deceitful about the Government's policies has become something of a habit for the Labour party.
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Even in prayer, his heart was fickle and deceitful , turning this way and that.
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None the less, the effort of the sociologists to exonerate welfare as a special cause of the ghetto crisis was statistically deceitful .
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The Center for the Study of Commercialism considers product placement a deceitful form of advertising.
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The wilfulness of human nature can be deceitful , and we can hang on to old ways like cherished thoughts or possessions.
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There was something deceitful and impatient about the smiling look in his eyes.