Both Uses of
belie
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Their full slow eyes belied the words, the gestures eager and unoffending, but knew the rancours massed about them and knew their zeal was vain.†
Chpt 2 *
- Or is it that from being a deluder of others he has become at last his own dupe as he is, if report belie him not, his own and his only enjoyer?†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(belie as in: his smile belied his treachery) to give a false impression; or be in contradiction with