artificiosamente

Artificiosamente is an adverb used in Spanish and Portuguese to indicate that an action is performed in an artificial, contrived, or deceitful manner. It derives from forms related to artificial or artificioso, formed with the -mente suffix, and ultimately from Latin artificium, meaning craft or skill.

In everyday usage, artificiosamente can describe actions, appearances, or narratives that are engineered rather than natural; it can also carry a sense of pretense or manipulation. In Portuguese, artificiosamente tends to convey craftiness or deception more than mere artificiality, while in Spanish the term is recognized but less common in ordinary speech and is more frequent in literary or formal contexts.

Examples include: "El informe presentaba datos artificiosamente sesgados." and "O relatório foi apresentado de forma artificiosamente convincente." These illustrate how the word can modify verbs to suggest manipulation, contrivance, or elaborate fabrication, rather than straightforward artificiality.

See also: artificial, artificialmente, artificioso, artificio.