duplicitous
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /djʊˈplɪsɪtəs/
- (US) IPA(key): /duːˈplɪsətəs/, /djuːˈplɪsətəs/
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duplicitous (comparative more duplicitous, superlative most duplicitous)
- Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
- 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in The Guardian[1]:
- It reunites the horribly duplicitous skag-addicted non-heroes of the first movie about twentysomethings trying to get off heroin in Edinburgh, and finding that they have nothing very much to put in its place.
- 2023 February 19, Patrick Wintour, “Ukraine war ‘over’ unless EU boosts military support, says top diplomat”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- Russia played on those feelings by attacking the French president, Emmanuel Macron […] , saying Moscow still remembered the fate of Napoleon Bonaparte and accusing the French president of duplicitous diplomacy with the Kremlin.
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given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech
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- “duplicitous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.