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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Disingenuous  \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\,  a. 
  1.  Not  noble;  unbecoming  true  honor  or  dignity;  mean 
  unworthy;  as  disingenuous  conduct  or  schemes. 
 
  2.  Not  ingenuous;  wanting  in  noble  candor  or  frankness;  not 
  frank  or  open  uncandid  unworthily  or  meanly  artful. 
 
  So  disingenuous  as  not  to  confess  them  [faults]. 
  --Pope. 
  --  {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly},  adv  --T.  Warton.  -- 
  {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness},  n.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  disingenuously 
  adv  :  in  a  disingenuous  manner;  "disingenuously,  he  asked  leading 
  questions  abut  his  opponent's  work"  [syn:  {artfully}] 




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