(a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's said that she and her ladies appeared on the battlements, dusting the places where the enemies' stones had fallen – though that particular story may be as apocryphal as the events in this film.
(2) The story, he later admitted to Lord Justice Leveson, was apocryphal.
(3) One apocryphal story about The Hangover was that it was based on the stag night of Choke producer Tripp Vinson , who supposedly went awol from his own party.
(4) There's a story, possibly apocryphal, about Bennett in which he says: "It's funny that people think I'm so nice, I'm actually a bit of a cunt."
(5) Released in 1997, it’s also apocryphally known as the most returned video game of all time; players were reportedly lured in by the visuals then repelled by the mysteries of the Japanese role-playing genre.
(6) The following is possibly apocryphal, but when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
(7) There is a story, possibly apocryphal, that the imposition of the first Plantagenet prince of Wales was a trick.
(8) You know how many times I’d get a call from girlfriends saying, ‘I just got kicked out of a camp, come pick me up?’” In the US press, the gender imbalance in Williston initially attracted as much attention as the population boom, with apocryphal tales of strippers earning $2,500 a night in tips (though the $500 per night reputed to be more accurate is nothing to sniff at).
(9) To his fans, though, he's rap's Wolf Of Wall Street, someone who weaves apocryphal tales of an ostentatious lifestyle and encourages them to go and get it for themselves.
(10) Just like the apocryphal shrinking Pizza Express pizza, British houses have been getting smaller.
(11) Everyone has at least one ridiculous story and it is impossible to tell which are true and which apocryphal.
(12) Using biblical and biblical-apocryphal sources, the characteristics of Jewish-Christian patriarchism are shown which as a system, especially embodied by elderly men, was very efficient up to the beginning of the 19th century.
(13) This is the first, and probably the most popular, of Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories, a short, dark and compelling novel set in what he called “my apocryphal county”, a fictional rendering of Lafayette County in his native Mississippi.
(14) John Oliver continued his criticism of president Trump, focusing on his domination of the news cycle by making apocryphal statements , saying: “You can’t avoid talking about him.” “Trump dominates the news cycle like a fart dominates the interior of a Volkswagen Beetle,” he said at the start of his Sunday night show.
(15) Consider some of the ego-centric stories – most infamously, the pants-down motivational speech in the Bayern dressing-room, which feels apocryphal but is true – and the line appears blurred, to say the least.
(16) There is, of course, the famous and possibly apocryphal line , attributed to Ford while shooting the original films and aimed at Lucas: "George, you can type this shit, but you sure can't say it."
(17) They are victims of circumstances and forces much more powerful, immoral and brutal than the apocryphal “bad man with a gun” who can be stopped by a “good man” with the same.
(18) However, this remark would appear to be apocryphal.
(19) The tale may be apocryphal, but when the wily French statesman Talleyrand died in 1838, the no less wily Austrian chancellor Metternich’s response is said to have been : “I wonder what he meant by that?” These days it is getting to be a bit like this with George Osborne .
(20) This reflects the narrative of most actual papal elections – these stories tend to be a serious exploration of what is supposed to be a famously apocryphal question: is the pope a Catholic?
Belie
Definition:
(n.) To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.
(n.) To give a false representation or account of.
(n.) To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.
(n.) To mimic; to counterfeit.
(n.) To fill with lies.
Example Sentences:
(1) Alex Neil’s side belied their newly promoted status with a calm, poised assurance and incision, epitomised by Robbie Brady and the excellent Nathan Redmond.
(2) The results returned on Saturday night belie the weeks of derailed campaigning and defensive strategy from the National party.
(3) I’ll do some comedy about my dog.’” This complacent image is belied by the level of detail in the new show, and in her work as one half (with Ellie White) of the Sexy American Girls Family, who appeared in Edinburgh in the Invisible Dot Circus .
(4) But the simplicity of the ruleset belies the astonishing complexity that the game can demonstrate.
(5) Lu, who declined to give her full name for fear of reprisals, has a short bob haircut, a round face and soft, lilting voice that belies an undercurrent of outrage.
(6) They say you cannot please everyone, but referee Michael Oliver succeeded in pleasing neither Roberto Martínez nor Garry Monk in this feisty encounter which belied the mid-table comfort Everton and Swansea currently enjoy.
(7) There was a sharpness about them that belied their recent poor run on their travels, with defeats at both Bournemouth and Watford preceding this.
(8) Their performances at the Games belie this deep-rooted problem: 15 of India's 38 gold medals were won by women, including that of the discus thrower Krishna Poonia, who achieved the country's first Commonwealth athletics gold for 52 years.
(9) (To argue that the presence of sloppy, boiling-hot calzones belies their sandwich nature is a debate on elaboration, not intention, like saying that a leaky building proves that buildings are not a form of shelter.)
(10) The Queen's perma-grimace belied her true feelings.
(11) Cheney has been a creature of Washington since 1969, a 44-year streak whose very length belies any inclination toward insurrection, much less any sort of change.
(12) The argument that this was a vote about “economic” issues – since the hated European migrants were not brown or black – is belied by the deliberate commingling of every type of foreigner.
(13) With access to and from the building very tightly controlled, and the street outside the building closed to all traffic, the muted atmosphere belied the occasion.
(14) Rashard Bradshaw is Cakes Da Killa , the puppy-faced new kid on the block whose sound is decidedly more straight-up hip-hop than many of his peers, and his humble disposition belies his solid flow.
(15) Everything about the project belied this pessimism.
(16) SPLI and BELI levels, acetylcholinesterase activity, and total protein content were determined by radioimmunoassay, a colorimetric method, and by the method of Lowry et al.
(17) But the latest hair-brained pre-election housing policy emanating from the mouth of work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith seems to belie a fundamental misunderstanding of that fact.
(18) Leeds allowed José Manuel Casado’s corner to bounce and Ameobi drilled Bolton ahead with a confidence that belied his 17-month wait.
(19) De Maizière seems convinced Washington's rhetoric belies its need to keep a firm, if expensive, foothold in Europe.
(20) There is much to like about Blount, whose 235lb frame and physical style belie his explosive acceleration.