All 4 Uses of
deceit
in
Sense and Sensibility
- I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful—had I talked only of the weather and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this reproach would have been spared.†
Chpt 10
- Has there been any inconsistency on his side to create alarm? can he be deceitful?†
Chpt 15 *
- He has been very deceitful! and, in some points, there seems a hardness of heart about him.†
Chpt 30
- Such a scoundrel of a fellow! such a deceitful dog!†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(deceit) the act of lying to or misleading someone