| disingenuously Jan 2nd 2012, 19:36 Adverb: | ← Older revision | Revision as of 19:36, 2 January 2012 | | Line 13: | Line 13: | | | #* '''2009''', Michael L. Stapleton, ''Spenser's Ovidian Poetics'', page 98 | | #* '''2009''', Michael L. Stapleton, ''Spenser's Ovidian Poetics'', page 98 | | | #*: The letter's false intent trumps any truths within, which one would expect of a woman who '''disingenuously''' calls herself Fidessa. | | #*: The letter's false intent trumps any truths within, which one would expect of a woman who '''disingenuously''' calls herself Fidessa. | | | + | # In a manner that [[assume]]s a pose of [[naivete]], possibly to make a point or to deceive. | | | + | #* '''2005''', John Steele Gordon, ''An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power'', page 352. | | | + | #*: Churchill, a month later, would memorably if '''disingenuously''' describe Lend-Lease as a matter of "Give us the tools and we will finish the job." Roosevelt, a few days earlier, had described it a bit more prosaically, but no less '''disingenuously''', as the equivalent of lending a neighbor whose house was on fire a garden hose, expecting to get it back when the fire was out. | | | | | | | | ====Synonyms==== | | ====Synonyms==== | | |
