Meanings of deceptive appearance in English

This is exactly analogous to the frequently deceptive appearance of great strength of will.

It was covered with an effervescence of lime, which had produced the deceptive appearance.

An illusion is a misleading or deceptive appearance.

In crossing a wide crevasse, the sledge became bogged in the soft snow of a drift which had a deceptive appearance of solidity.

Again, a species tending to become dioecious, with the stamens reduced in some individuals and with the pistils in others, often presents a deceptive appearance.

Hence the young should look beyond the surface, and guard against deceptive appearances.

And how deceptive appearances may be, to be sure!

Which shows how deceptive appearances can be.

Yet though deceptive appearances might lead others to misjudge me, I could never overcome my scrupulous delicacy.

Don't tell me that, my darling; I know too well what all these deceptive appearances of health amount to.

"It all goes to show how deceptive appearances can be," went on Veath easily.

The chances against an unintellectual lover of turtle eggs discovering a fresh nest off-hand are in exact ratio to the number of deceptive appearances.

"All you have just said to me," answered Bettina, "is grounded upon false impressions and deceptive appearances.

"That only shows how deceptive appearances are, chuck, and how little we ought to trust to them," observed Lord Roos.