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обма́нчиво

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adverbadverb of обма́нчивый

1.
deceptively, misleadingly
Зада́ча обма́нчиво проста́.
The task is deceptively simple.
Often before an adjective: 'deceptively simple/calm'. Also used predicatively in the sense 'is deceptive'.

Examples

Небо обманчиво спокойно перед бурей.
The sky is deceptively calm before the storm.
Его улыбка выглядела обманчиво доброй.
His smile looked deceptively kind.
Ра́дости всегда опа́сны, го́рести всегда тя́гостны, сча́стье всегда обманчиво, забавля́ет лишь их чехарда.
Joys are always dangerous, sorrows always burdensome, happiness always deceptive; only their alternation is entertaining.
Молчание, приравниваемое к согласию, часто обманчиво.
Silence, when equated with consent, is often deceptive.

Word familyобма́нчивыйPRO

обма́нчивоdeceptively
adverb
обма́нчивыйdeceptive
adjective

Related words

See also

обма́нdeception; fraud; trick; illusion
обма́нныйfraudulent; deceptive

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