Dececious Edit Meaning

1.

A combination of the words deceitful and facetious. Using a truthful and/or sarcastic statement to perpetuate a mistruth.

Letting someone believe what they want to believe

"So did you end up going home with that guy I have a crush on last night?"

Honest answer "We left the party early, went back to his place, fooled around for a while but I was home pretty early."

Dececious answer "He was cute, but not really my type. I was tucked up in my own bed by one"

See honest, mistruth, fib, belief, lie