"falsely" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more falsely [comparative], most falsely [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English falsly, falsliche, equivalent to false + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|falsly}} Middle English falsly, {{suf|en|false|ly|id2=adverbial}} false + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} falsely (comparative more falsely, superlative most falsely)
  1. In a false manner. Hyponyms: counterfeitly, slanderously Translations (in a false manner): falsament (Catalan), 不正確的 (Chinese Mandarin), 不正确的 (bù zhèngquè de) (Chinese Mandarin), valselijk (Dutch), virheellisesti (Finnish), väärin (Finnish), valheellisesti (Finnish), faussement (French), falsamente (Galician), fälschlicherweise (German), falsch (German), झूठमूठ (jhūṭhmūṭh) (Hindi), hamisan (Hungarian), falsamente (Italian), 不誠実に (fuseijitsu ni) (alt: ふせいじつに) (Japanese), មិនពិត (mɨn pɨt) (Khmer), жасалма (jasalma) (Kyrgyz), błędnie (Polish), falsamente (Portuguese), непра́вильно (neprávilʹno) (Russian), ло́жно (lóžno) (Russian), оши́бочно (ošíbočno) (Russian), falsamente (Spanish)
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