mendaciously
in a lying or dishonest way
Root
- mendac: false or lying
Other words with the mendac root
- mendacious: dishonest
- mendaciousness: dishonesty as a trait
- mendacity: untruthfulness or habit of lying
Mendaciously turns mendac into manner: the action is done with lying built into it.
The witness answered mendaciously, hiding the one fact the case depended on.
Mendaciously is a manner word. Mendacious describes the dishonest quality; mendaciously tells you how the person speaks, answers, advertises, or behaves.
Keep the mendac root simple: lying as a trait becomes lying as an action style.