hypocritically

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English hypocritical
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English hypocritically

    From hypocritical + -ly.

    Adverb

    hypocritically (comparative more hypocritically, superlative most hypocritically)

    1. In a hypocritical manner.
      • 2026 February 14, Ben Blanchard, quoting Lin Chia-lung, “China is the real threat, Taiwan says in rebuff to Munich speech”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters‎[1], archived from the original on 17 February 2026, sourced from TAIPEI, Feb 15 (Reuters):
        China is the real threat to security and is hypocritically claiming to uphold U.N. principles of peace, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Sunday in a rebuff to comments by China's top diplomat at the Munich Security Conference.

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