- prevaricatory
- pre·var·i·ca·to·ry
English syllables. 2014.
prevaricatory
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prevaricatory — prēˈvarə̇kəˌtōrē adjective : marked by or given to prevarication prevaricatory answers … Useful english dictionary
prevaricate — prevarication, n. prevaricative, prevaricatory /pri var i keuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /pri var i kayt /, v.i., prevaricated, prevaricating. to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie. [1575 85; … Universalium
masked — adj 1. disguised, mask wearing, concealed, hidden, camouflaged; veiled, obscured, covered, shrouded, screened. 2. incognito, under a pseudonym, masquerading, flying under false colors, parading as something else, pretending; posturing, affected,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
quibbling — adj 1. carping, caviling, pettifogging, hairsplitting, niggling, Inf. nitpicking; Jesuitical, sophistical, casuistic, Logic. paralogistic; critical, hypercritical, captious, censorious, overcritical, faultfinding. 2. prevaricative, prevaricatory … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
shifty — [adj] deceitful, untrustworthy cagey, collusive, conniving, contriving, crafty, crooked, cunning, devious, dishonest, dodging, duplicitous, elusive, equivocating, evasive, flyby night*, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, insidious, lying, mendacious,… … New thesaurus
