how to pronounce deceitful

/dɪˈsiːtfəl/

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deceitful is pronounced in three syllables

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dɪstfəl

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An example use of deceitful in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and so pathologically deceitful is that …”

meanings of deceitful

adjective:

  1. Deceptive, two-faced.
  2. Deliberately misleading or cheating.

deceitful frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word deceitful occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics deceitful can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that deceitful can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

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