falsefully

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English

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Etymology

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From falseful +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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falsefully (comparative more falsefully, superlative most falsefully)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) In a falseful manner: falsely.
    • 2011, Sharon Barner, Ian Harris, Daniel Kroening, Hardware and Software: Verification and Testing: 6th International Haifa ...[1]:
      Here, we identify that the syntactic reduction introduces an error and falsefully declares some specifications as unrealizable.

Usage notes

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  • Generally an error made by non-native speakers. A misconstruction of falsely perhaps influenced by truthfully.