资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mendacious \Men*da"cious\, a. [L. mendax, -acis, lying, cf.
   mentiri to lie.]
   1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious
      person.

   2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious
      statement. -- {Men*da"cious*ly}, adv. --
      {Men*da"cious*ness}, n.

资料来源 : WordNet®

mendaciously
     adv : in a mendacious and untruthful manner; "I told him, quite
           untruthfully, that I had just returned from leave"
           [syn: {untruthfully}] [ant: {truthfully}]