dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/lyi_MW.json

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{
"lying":{
"antonyms":[
"honest",
"truthful",
"veracious"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by or containing untrue statements : false":[
"a lying account of the accident"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"that lying son of a gun told me that the used car had never been in an accident",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"He was found dead lying face up on his hotel bed with no signs of trauma, according to a Monday report from the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Florida. \u2014 Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English leghynge , present participle of lien to lie":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u012b-i\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dishonest",
"mendacious",
"untruthful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065749",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}