Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness.
1. Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
2. Erroneous and usually accidental
3. Arising from error; SYN. mistaken.
4. Deliberately deceptive; SYN. hollow.
5. Designed to deceive
6. Inaccurate in pitch; SYN. off-key, sour.
7. (Used especially of persons) Not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful SYN. untrue.
8. Of a statement, untrue. Falseness is used in proving propositions by considering the negative of the proposition to be true, then making deductions until a contradiction is reached which proves the negative to be false and the proposition to be true.
ETYM Latin insincerus. Related to In- not, and Sincere.
Lacking sincerity.
1. Winning favor and confidence by imperceptible degrees; ingratiating
2. Tending gradually to cause doubt, distrust, or change of outlook often in a slyly subtle manner
ETYM French, from Latin obliquus; ob (see Ob-) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward.
Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular.
Describing a style of text created by slanting a roman font to simulate italics when a true italic font isn’t available on the computer or printer. See also font, italic, roman.
Slanting; indirect; underhand.
Without sincerity.