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# dishonestly

«dishonestly» in Mova's school dictionary: **not honest; by lying, cheating or stealing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (dishonestly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that is not honest; by lying, cheating or stealing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonestly/#m1)

2) (law) With the intention of cheating someone or taking what is not yours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonestly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics and school life: getting marks dishonestly (copying) or winning a game dishonestly (cheating). In law and news: obtaining money dishonestly is a crime. In stories: villains act dishonestly. Phrases: «act dishonestly», «obtained dishonestly», «behave dishonestly».

### examples

- He won the game dishonestly by peeking at the cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonestly/#x1)
- The money was obtained dishonestly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonestly/#x2)
- She answered dishonestly when Mum asked who broke the vase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonestly/#x3)
- Acting dishonestly can lose you your friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonestly/#x4)
- The man dishonestly claimed the lost wallet was his. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonestly/#x5)
- If you score points dishonestly, they don't really count. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonestly/#x6)

### note

Adverb from «dishonest». The H is silent: dis-ON-est-lee. Opposite: «honestly». Note: «Honestly!» can also be an exclamation of annoyance, but «dishonestly» never is.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dishonestly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonestly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.