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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•cep•tive /dɪˈsɛptɪv/USA pronunciation  adj. 
  1. relating to or marked by deceit:deceptive advertising, until you read the fine print.
de•cep•tive•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•cep•tive  (di sep′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. apt or tending to deceive:The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
  2. perceptually misleading:It looks like a curved line, but it's deceptive.
  • Medieval Latin dēceptīvus, equivalent. to Latin dēcept(us) (see deception) + -īvus -ive
  • 1605–15
de•cep′tive•ly, adv. 
de•cep′tive•ness, n. 
    1. delusive, fallacious, specious.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
deceptive /dɪˈsɛptɪv/ adj
  1. likely or designed to deceive; misleading
  2. (of a cadence) another word for interrupted
deˈceptively adv deˈceptiveness n
'deceptive covering' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
disguise

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