deceptively

ADV อย่าง หลอกลวง  yarng-lorg-luang

DECEPTIVELY

DECEPTIVELY De *cep "tive *ly, adv.

deceptively

de cep tive ly |diˈseptivlē dəˈsɛptəvli | ▶adverb [ usu. as submodifier ] in a way or to an extent that gives a misleading impression. • to a lesser extent than appears the case: the idea was deceptively simple. • to a greater extent than appears the case: the airy and deceptively spacious lounge. usage: Deceptively belongs to a very small set of words whose meaning is genuinely ambiguous in that it can be used in similar contexts to mean both one thing and also its complete opposite. A deceptively smooth surface is one that appears smooth but in fact is not smooth at all, while a deceptively spacious room is one that does not look spacious but is in fact more spacious than it appears. But what is a deceptively steep gradient? Or a person who is described as deceptively strong ? To avoid confusion, use with caution (or not at all ), unless the context makes clear in what way the thing modified is not what it first appears to be.

deceptively

de ¦cep |tive ¦ly ▶adverb [ usu. as submodifier ] in a way or to an extent that gives a misleading impression: • to a lesser extent than appears the case: the idea was deceptively simple. • to a greater extent than appears the case: the airy and deceptively spacious lounge. usage: Deceptively belongs to a very small set of words whose meaning is genuinely ambiguous. It can be used in similar contexts to mean both one thing and also its complete opposite. A deceptively smooth surface is one which appears smooth but in fact is not smooth at all, while a deceptively spacious room is one that does not look spacious but is in fact more spacious than it appears. But what is a deceptively steep gradient? Or a person who is described as deceptively strong ? To avoid confusion, it is probably best to reword and not to use deceptively in such contexts at all.