hypocritically


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hyp·o·crit·i·cal

 (hĭp′ə-krĭt′ĭ-kəl)
adj.
1. Characterized by hypocrisy: hypocritical praise.
2. Being a hypocrite: a hypocritical rogue.

hyp′o·crit′i·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.hypocritically - in a hypocritical manner; "he behaved hypocritically by praying piously when people were watching"
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Translations
بِرياء، بِنِفاق
pokrytecky
hykleriskt
képmutatóan
hræsnislega; uppgerîarlega
ikiyüzlülükleriyakârca

hypocritically

[ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəlɪ] ADVhipócritamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hypocritically

[ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪklɪ] advipocritamente, in modo ipocrita
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hypocrisy

(hiˈpokrəsi) noun
the act or state of pretending to be better than one is or to have feelings or beliefs which one does not actually have.
hypocrite (ˈhipəkrit) noun
a person who is guilty of hypocrisy.
ˌhypoˈcritical (hipəˈkri-) adjective
ˌhypoˈcritically adverb
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References in classic literature ?
They would be justified in repeating hypocritically civil speeches in the presence of the painter, and pitying him and laughing at him when they were alone again.
"No; it is not you who have directly made this exposure and brought this sorrow on us, but you hypocritically provoked it."
This would have been no serious hindrance on a week-day; they would have clicked through it in their high patterns and boots quite unconcerned; but on this day of vanity, this Sun's-day, when flesh went forth to coquet with flesh while hypocritically affecting business with spiritual things; on this occasion for wearing their white stockings and thin shoes, and their pink, white, and lilac gowns, on which every mud spot would be visible, the pool was an awkward impediment.
French Frank, aided by John Barleycorn, orated hypocritically about virtue and honesty, and, despite his fifty years, got Whisky Bob out on the sand and proceeded to lick him.
Bourgeois marriage is in reality a system of wives in common and thus,at the most, what the Communists might possibly be reproached with,is that they desire to introduce, in substitution for a hypocritically concealed, an openly legalised community of women.
Bazin smiled hypocritically. "Ah, but we have monsieur le surintendant," said he.
Even worse, he hypocritically appears to be favoring some religions over others.
Hypocritically, the England ladies equally underperformed in the Woman's football World Cup and came away relatively unscathed by the media!
In his duplicitous submission he conveniently and hypocritically forgets the really significant number of 2.02 million Scots - equating to 55.3% of the turnout at the fair, democratic, real and binding "Once In A Lifetime" 2014 Referendum who voted No.
"There is much difference between the remarks of a man who does not lie (Nasrallah) and threatens to respond to Israel's aggression by relying on the resistance power, and the comments of leaders half of whom are napping in their seats and the other half are uttering repeated and worn-out words hypocritically for the hope they have pinned on the Saudi financial aid," Atwan wrote on Sunday.
We will also say no to the government hypocritically spending over PS45m promoting a 'military ethos' in schools, money which would be better spent promoting the We Stand Together campaign.
I wonder if Theresa May was thinking of David Clapson or any of the 130,000 homeless veterans when she was hypocritically attending the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance; somehow I doubt it even crossed her mind.