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deceptive(dictionary)
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Deceptive Advertising(law)
Deceptive Marks(law)

deceptive (iou)



deceptive adjective. E17.
[Old French deceptif, -ive or late Latin deceptivus, from decept-: see DECEPTION, -IVE.]
Apt or tending to deceive; giving a false impression; easily mistaken for something else or as having a different quality.
J. M. Murry Keats' letters have a deceptive spontaneity which invites the mind to pass over them..without pausing to penetrate below the surface. N. Coward It was probably an optical illusion. This half light is very deceptive.
deceptively adverb in such a way as to (be apt to) deceive E19.
deceptiveness noun M19.