How do you use Dishonestly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like deceitfully or honestly, plus the exact meaning.
Dishonestly meaning
In a dishonest manner.
Synonyms of Dishonestly
Using Dishonestly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a dishonest manner.
- Useful related words include: venally, deceitfully, honestly.
- In the example corpus, dishonestly often appears in combinations such as: of dishonestly, and dishonestly, acted dishonestly.
Context around Dishonestly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dishonestly
- In this selection, "dishonestly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, acted, term, carter, received, making and appropriating stand out and add context to how "dishonestly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused of dishonestly abusing his and accused persons dishonestly and fraudulently. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dishonestly" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dishonestly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some individuals may present themselves inaccurately or even dishonestly online. (10 words)
Dishonestly - s.73(2) creates a negative definition of the term 'dishonestly'. (12 words)
You dishonestly told one of his friends you had had ‘a couple of drinks’. (14 words)
Earlier this year, she lost the first strike-out hearing, in which Mr Justice Warby ruled her lawyers would not be allowed to argue in court that the newspaper acted dishonestly, "stirred up" issues with her father, and had an "agenda" against her. (43 words)
Acting on a tip-off, a police team nabbed Devram on September 6. He has been booked under sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code. (38 words)
The panel described Ms Morris "acted dishonestly in that she knew that a number of patients she was offering Covid-19 vaccine from the Surgery were not eligible for such vaccination, but she deliberately did so anyway". (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Dishonestly - s.73(2) creates a negative definition of the term 'dishonestly'.
Between April 26 and May 1 in Farnborough, Carter dishonestly received stolen goods to the value unknown belonging to someone else knowing or believing them to be stolen goods.
Clarke, of Milbourne Street, Blackpool admitted deceiving the DWP by dishonestly making statements to get the money via online claims.
He is also charged with single counts of dishonestly appropriating Commonwealth property and disclosing information to a person while not authorised.
He said Aman was further liable to be charged for the offence under IPC section 412 (dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity).
It is further alleged he dishonestly made a false representation to make a gain for himself and a loss to Patrick McGovern.
One of the charges stated that De-Stefani dishonestly converted the property at No.14A/B Warring Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, for her use, which rightfully belonged to Waterside Properties Limited.
Some individuals may present themselves inaccurately or even dishonestly online.
The panel described Ms Morris "acted dishonestly in that she knew that a number of patients she was offering Covid-19 vaccine from the Surgery were not eligible for such vaccination, but she deliberately did so anyway".
The panel ruled that Smith's actions were sexually motivated and that she acted dishonestly while denying any wrongdoing and refusing to accept responsibility for her actions.
You dishonestly told one of his friends you had had ‘a couple of drinks’.
After being arrested, Bayliss was taken to Orange Police Station and charged with three counts of dishonestly obtain financial advantage by deception and granted conditional bail.
AN IT consultant has appeared in court accused of dishonestly abusing his position to make a gain of more than £25,000.
A roadside corflute from the 2022 federal election dishonestly characterising independent candidate David Pocock as a Greens extremist member… the damage was done, says Andrew Hughes.
In 2001, McGraw accused Purdue Pharma in a lawsuit of dishonestly marketing the painkiller OxyContin in West Virginia.
The police said that the accused persons dishonestly and fraudulently misappropriated a huge amount from the TCA in the execution of the project, and also indulged in several other financial irregularities.
The problem with this radical increase in the household leverage ratio (debt versus income) is that it was dishonestly foisted upon Main Street households by a faithless Fed.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team nabbed Devram on September 6. He has been booked under sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code.
Benzema has not responded to the footage but he did share a post on Twitter by his former agent Karim Djaziri criticising Telefoot for "dishonestly looking for controversy".
Earlier this year, she lost the first strike-out hearing, in which Mr Justice Warby ruled her lawyers would not be allowed to argue in court that the newspaper acted dishonestly, "stirred up" issues with her father, and had an "agenda" against her.
Common combinations with dishonestly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of dishonestly 6×
- and dishonestly 6×
- acted dishonestly 3×
- dishonestly receiving 2×
- he dishonestly 2×
- dishonestly told 2×
- dishonestly obtain 2×
- was dishonestly 2×