adverb
Etymology: Middle English falsly, from fals false + -ly
: in a false manner: as
a. : wrongly , incorrectly
falsely assumed that he was familiar with the subject
b. : not truthfully : dishonestly
recently cleared of a murder charge to which he had falsely confessed as a result of police brutality — Curtis Bok
swore falsely that he had seen me that morning
c. : without cause : unjustly
led to the exoneration of a man falsely convicted of forgery — Current Biography
d. : deceitfully , insincerely
smiled falsely at her unwelcome visitor
e. : not genuinely : speciously
the difficulty in presenting Elizabethan plays is that they are liable to be made too modern or falsely archaic — T.S.Eliot