likely to make you believe sth that is not true
SYNMISLEADING:
a deceptive advertisement * Appearances can often be deceptive (= things are not always what they seem to be). * the deceptive simplicity of her writing style (= it seems simple but is not really)
deceptively adverb:
a deceptively simple idea
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, deceptive is tagged as adjective.
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