deceptively

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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deceptive (dɪˈsɛptɪv)

—*adj*
1.	likely or designed to deceive; misleading: appearances can be deceptive
2.	music (of a cadence) another word for interrupted

de'ceptively

—*adv*

de'ceptiveness

—n

deceptive (dɪˈsɛptɪv)

—*adj*
1.	likely or designed to deceive; misleading: appearances can be deceptive
2.	music (of a cadence) another word for interrupted

de'ceptively

—*adv*

de'ceptiveness

—n

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deceptive

1610s, from Fr. deceptif (late 14c.), from M.L. deceptivus, from decept-, pp. stem of L. decipere (see deceive). Earlier in this sense was deceptious (c.1600), from Fr. deceptieux, from M.L. deceptiosus, from deceptionem. Related: Deceptively (1825).

Example sentences

The first is deceptively obvious: people who rate purchases have already made

the purchase.

Or, perhaps, it could serve a deceptively expensive-looking gift.

The film's lo-res glory was deceptively difficult to replicate.

The findings come from a deceptively simple study of people using a computer

mouse rigged to malfunction.

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