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  1. Her energetic activities in the function belied her old age.


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    They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
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  • See also Does this example of "belie" belie a firm grasp of the English language? and to belie = to betray? and Are there any other meanings for “belie??”
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  1. Her energetic activities in the function belied her old age.


  2. He could not belie his identity with all the makeover.



Is the usage of belie correct?






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    They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
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  1. Her energetic activities in the function belied her old age.


  2. He could not belie his identity with all the makeover.



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  1. Her energetic activities in the function belied her old age.


  2. He could not belie his identity with all the makeover.



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    They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
    – Mitch
    yesterday










  • See also Does this example of "belie" belie a firm grasp of the English language? and to belie = to betray? and Are there any other meanings for “belie??”
    – Sven Yargs
    yesterday














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    They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
    – Mitch
    yesterday










  • See also Does this example of "belie" belie a firm grasp of the English language? and to belie = to betray? and Are there any other meanings for “belie??”
    – Sven Yargs
    yesterday








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They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
– Mitch
yesterday




They may be interchangeable, but they mean different (not synonymous but related) things.
– Mitch
yesterday












See also Does this example of "belie" belie a firm grasp of the English language? and to belie = to betray? and Are there any other meanings for “belie??”
– Sven Yargs
yesterday




See also Does this example of "belie" belie a firm grasp of the English language? and to belie = to betray? and Are there any other meanings for “belie??”
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In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.



Hide can also mean to conceal (in the sense of giving a false impression). Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.




The boy hides in the bushes.







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    You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
    – WS2
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    Note that the main difference here is that "belie" must be transitive while "hide" can be either transitive or intransitive. This is the main difference between your example and those in the original question.
    – Michael Seifert
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Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:




3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.



1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.



1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.



1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.



1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.



1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.



1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.



1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.



1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.



1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.







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  • His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
    – Mathew KJ
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  • "Hide", on the other hand, is what my dad is going to tan if he finds me using the Internet.
    – Hot Licks
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  • Really, "contradicts" better captures the essence of the meaning of "belie" in this sense and most of its senses than "conceals". When something that belies conceals it does so by contradicting what you would expect from something.
    – ohwilleke
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  • @ohwilleke In the 1970 example above, it would seem that "concealed" would be an equally close synonym of "belied" as "contradicted" would be. We are probably discussing angels on a pinhead here.
    – WS2
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My impression is that while the second sentence appears to be grammatically sound, it isn't idiomatic:




#He could not belie his identity with all the makeup.




In the usage I've seen, the object of belie is never a person, but rather a thing, a concept, or an attribute. For example, we have (from this article)




[H]is actions in the following weeks belied his apology.




which has the meaning "his actions in the following weeks made his apology seem to be a lie." However, the sentences




#He belied his apology with his actions in the following weeks.



#He belied his apology by his actions in the following weeks.




do not seem like something an American English speaker would say.



That said, I have been unable to find a citation describing this usage, so it's possible that I'm off-base. I will report back if I find anything definitive.






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  • "His actions in the following weeks belied his apology. " Would you please rephrase this sentence replacing the word 'belie' so that I can clearly understand the meaning and usage?
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In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.



Hide can also mean to conceal (in the sense of giving a false impression). Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.




The boy hides in the bushes.







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    You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
    – WS2
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    Note that the main difference here is that "belie" must be transitive while "hide" can be either transitive or intransitive. This is the main difference between your example and those in the original question.
    – Michael Seifert
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In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.



Hide can also mean to conceal (in the sense of giving a false impression). Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.




The boy hides in the bushes.







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  • 2




    You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
    – WS2
    yesterday






  • 3




    Note that the main difference here is that "belie" must be transitive while "hide" can be either transitive or intransitive. This is the main difference between your example and those in the original question.
    – Michael Seifert
    yesterday














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In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.



Hide can also mean to conceal (in the sense of giving a false impression). Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.




The boy hides in the bushes.







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In those examples, belie and hide are interchangeable because they can share a common meaning of giving a false impression of.



Hide can also mean to conceal (in the sense of giving a false impression). Hide is more the physical act of avoiding being found. For example, the following sentence would not be a synonym of belie.




The boy hides in the bushes.








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    You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
    – WS2
    yesterday






  • 3




    Note that the main difference here is that "belie" must be transitive while "hide" can be either transitive or intransitive. This is the main difference between your example and those in the original question.
    – Michael Seifert
    yesterday














  • 2




    You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
    – WS2
    yesterday






  • 3




    Note that the main difference here is that "belie" must be transitive while "hide" can be either transitive or intransitive. This is the main difference between your example and those in the original question.
    – Michael Seifert
    yesterday








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You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
– WS2
yesterday




You are right. Indeed "The boy belies in the bushes" could, according to an altogether different meaning of "belie" indicate that the boy was having sexual intercourse in the bushes!
– WS2
yesterday




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Note that the main difference here is that "belie" must be transitive while "hide" can be either transitive or intransitive. This is the main difference between your example and those in the original question.
– Michael Seifert
yesterday




Note that the main difference here is that "belie" must be transitive while "hide" can be either transitive or intransitive. This is the main difference between your example and those in the original question.
– Michael Seifert
yesterday













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Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:




3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.



1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.



1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.



1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.



1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.



1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.



1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.



1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.



1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.



1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.







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  • His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
    – Mathew KJ
    yesterday










  • "Hide", on the other hand, is what my dad is going to tan if he finds me using the Internet.
    – Hot Licks
    yesterday










  • Really, "contradicts" better captures the essence of the meaning of "belie" in this sense and most of its senses than "conceals". When something that belies conceals it does so by contradicting what you would expect from something.
    – ohwilleke
    yesterday












  • @ohwilleke In the 1970 example above, it would seem that "concealed" would be an equally close synonym of "belied" as "contradicted" would be. We are probably discussing angels on a pinhead here.
    – WS2
    yesterday
















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Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:




3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.



1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.



1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.



1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.



1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.



1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.



1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.



1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.



1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.



1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.







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  • His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
    – Mathew KJ
    yesterday










  • "Hide", on the other hand, is what my dad is going to tan if he finds me using the Internet.
    – Hot Licks
    yesterday










  • Really, "contradicts" better captures the essence of the meaning of "belie" in this sense and most of its senses than "conceals". When something that belies conceals it does so by contradicting what you would expect from something.
    – ohwilleke
    yesterday












  • @ohwilleke In the 1970 example above, it would seem that "concealed" would be an equally close synonym of "belied" as "contradicted" would be. We are probably discussing angels on a pinhead here.
    – WS2
    yesterday














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Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:




3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.



1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.



1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.



1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.



1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.



1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.



1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.



1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.



1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.



1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.







share|improve this answer












Belie is a verb with two distinct meanings, and one of those has many different senses. Essentially it means "to tell a lie about something". But the sense you are interested in here is OED sense 3c - as follows:




3c. To disguise (a person or thing); to conceal the true character or
identity of; to conceal the fact of. Chiefly literary.



1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 35 A painted face, belied with
vermeyl store.



1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 435 If
we had been on the Scaffold to see a man challenging the dogs in the
disguise of a Bears-hide, would we have said, Now two beasts are
fighting? The Shape therefore may well belie the Substance.



1697 Dryden Alexander's Feast ii. 2 A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd
the God: Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode.



1725 E. Fenton in Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 618 A
Boar's obscener shape the God belies.



1730 Pope Temple of Fame in Wks. III. 154 His horn'd head bely'd
the Libian God.



1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. I. xxiii Flow'ry deceit, and
dark-designing fraud; Hypocrisy, with cherub-face belied, Mask'd
hatred, quer'lous strife, and envy rude.



1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 280 To
belie the form of God in the unholy semblance of cats.



1863 M. Oliphant Rector & Doctor's Family viii. 146 in Chrons.
Carlingford Spring had begun to show faintly in the lengthening
days—spring, that so often belies itself, and comes with a serpent's
tooth.



1970 L. Deighton Bomber (1972) xi. 151 The grimy condition of the
coasters was belied by the fresh rain that had glossed their decks and
given their hulls the polish of old jackboots.








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  • His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
    – Mathew KJ
    yesterday










  • "Hide", on the other hand, is what my dad is going to tan if he finds me using the Internet.
    – Hot Licks
    yesterday










  • Really, "contradicts" better captures the essence of the meaning of "belie" in this sense and most of its senses than "conceals". When something that belies conceals it does so by contradicting what you would expect from something.
    – ohwilleke
    yesterday












  • @ohwilleke In the 1970 example above, it would seem that "concealed" would be an equally close synonym of "belied" as "contradicted" would be. We are probably discussing angels on a pinhead here.
    – WS2
    yesterday


















  • His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
    – Mathew KJ
    yesterday










  • "Hide", on the other hand, is what my dad is going to tan if he finds me using the Internet.
    – Hot Licks
    yesterday










  • Really, "contradicts" better captures the essence of the meaning of "belie" in this sense and most of its senses than "conceals". When something that belies conceals it does so by contradicting what you would expect from something.
    – ohwilleke
    yesterday












  • @ohwilleke In the 1970 example above, it would seem that "concealed" would be an equally close synonym of "belied" as "contradicted" would be. We are probably discussing angels on a pinhead here.
    – WS2
    yesterday
















His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
– Mathew KJ
yesterday




His eye movement from left to right when reading a language that needs to be read from right to left belies his ignorance of the language. Is this usage correct?.
– Mathew KJ
yesterday












"Hide", on the other hand, is what my dad is going to tan if he finds me using the Internet.
– Hot Licks
yesterday




"Hide", on the other hand, is what my dad is going to tan if he finds me using the Internet.
– Hot Licks
yesterday












Really, "contradicts" better captures the essence of the meaning of "belie" in this sense and most of its senses than "conceals". When something that belies conceals it does so by contradicting what you would expect from something.
– ohwilleke
yesterday






Really, "contradicts" better captures the essence of the meaning of "belie" in this sense and most of its senses than "conceals". When something that belies conceals it does so by contradicting what you would expect from something.
– ohwilleke
yesterday














@ohwilleke In the 1970 example above, it would seem that "concealed" would be an equally close synonym of "belied" as "contradicted" would be. We are probably discussing angels on a pinhead here.
– WS2
yesterday




@ohwilleke In the 1970 example above, it would seem that "concealed" would be an equally close synonym of "belied" as "contradicted" would be. We are probably discussing angels on a pinhead here.
– WS2
yesterday











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My impression is that while the second sentence appears to be grammatically sound, it isn't idiomatic:




#He could not belie his identity with all the makeup.




In the usage I've seen, the object of belie is never a person, but rather a thing, a concept, or an attribute. For example, we have (from this article)




[H]is actions in the following weeks belied his apology.




which has the meaning "his actions in the following weeks made his apology seem to be a lie." However, the sentences




#He belied his apology with his actions in the following weeks.



#He belied his apology by his actions in the following weeks.




do not seem like something an American English speaker would say.



That said, I have been unable to find a citation describing this usage, so it's possible that I'm off-base. I will report back if I find anything definitive.






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  • "His actions in the following weeks belied his apology. " Would you please rephrase this sentence replacing the word 'belie' so that I can clearly understand the meaning and usage?
    – Mathew KJ
    yesterday
















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My impression is that while the second sentence appears to be grammatically sound, it isn't idiomatic:




#He could not belie his identity with all the makeup.




In the usage I've seen, the object of belie is never a person, but rather a thing, a concept, or an attribute. For example, we have (from this article)




[H]is actions in the following weeks belied his apology.




which has the meaning "his actions in the following weeks made his apology seem to be a lie." However, the sentences




#He belied his apology with his actions in the following weeks.



#He belied his apology by his actions in the following weeks.




do not seem like something an American English speaker would say.



That said, I have been unable to find a citation describing this usage, so it's possible that I'm off-base. I will report back if I find anything definitive.






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  • "His actions in the following weeks belied his apology. " Would you please rephrase this sentence replacing the word 'belie' so that I can clearly understand the meaning and usage?
    – Mathew KJ
    yesterday














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My impression is that while the second sentence appears to be grammatically sound, it isn't idiomatic:




#He could not belie his identity with all the makeup.




In the usage I've seen, the object of belie is never a person, but rather a thing, a concept, or an attribute. For example, we have (from this article)




[H]is actions in the following weeks belied his apology.




which has the meaning "his actions in the following weeks made his apology seem to be a lie." However, the sentences




#He belied his apology with his actions in the following weeks.



#He belied his apology by his actions in the following weeks.




do not seem like something an American English speaker would say.



That said, I have been unable to find a citation describing this usage, so it's possible that I'm off-base. I will report back if I find anything definitive.






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My impression is that while the second sentence appears to be grammatically sound, it isn't idiomatic:




#He could not belie his identity with all the makeup.




In the usage I've seen, the object of belie is never a person, but rather a thing, a concept, or an attribute. For example, we have (from this article)




[H]is actions in the following weeks belied his apology.




which has the meaning "his actions in the following weeks made his apology seem to be a lie." However, the sentences




#He belied his apology with his actions in the following weeks.



#He belied his apology by his actions in the following weeks.




do not seem like something an American English speaker would say.



That said, I have been unable to find a citation describing this usage, so it's possible that I'm off-base. I will report back if I find anything definitive.







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  • "His actions in the following weeks belied his apology. " Would you please rephrase this sentence replacing the word 'belie' so that I can clearly understand the meaning and usage?
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  • "His actions in the following weeks belied his apology. " Would you please rephrase this sentence replacing the word 'belie' so that I can clearly understand the meaning and usage?
    – Mathew KJ
    yesterday
















"His actions in the following weeks belied his apology. " Would you please rephrase this sentence replacing the word 'belie' so that I can clearly understand the meaning and usage?
– Mathew KJ
yesterday




"His actions in the following weeks belied his apology. " Would you please rephrase this sentence replacing the word 'belie' so that I can clearly understand the meaning and usage?
– Mathew KJ
yesterday


















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