English Dictionary

disingenuously

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.əs.li/

副詞

In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively. / In an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily.

日本語の意味

率直でなく、口実的に、不誠実な様子で行動する様 / 本来の品位や尊厳にふさわしくない、不名誉な方法で行動する様

She smiled disingenuously as she agreed to the proposal, hiding her true objections.

彼女は本当の反対意見を隠して、申し出に同意しながら不誠実に笑った。

意味（1）

In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.

Instead of inquiring why the facts oppose the theory, and where the explanation is to be found for this remarkable discrepancy, he disingenuously endeavours to give reasons for the causes which operated, and do commonly operate, to prevent these extraordinary drafts on the productive resources of the country from being so much felt as it might seem reasonable to expect.

意味（2）

In an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily.

The letter's false intent trumps any truths within, which one would expect of a woman who disingenuously calls herself Fidessa.

意味（3）

In a manner that adopts a pose of naïveté, possibly to make a point or to deceive.

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.

more disingenuously （ comparative ）

most disingenuously （ superlative ）