Deceptive
Deceptive adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: in his deceptive answer about the vehicle's history, the salesman said that the used car had never been hit by another car
Honest
Honest adjective - Being in the habit of telling the truth.
Usage example: at least the weatherman is honest and doesn't pretend to be able to predict the unpredictable
Both words in one sentence
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He was the most honest and wise of the Firstborn, according to the legends, but the knowledge of just how deceptive and short sighted the world is drove him beyond sanity.
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The Goof Troop episode "In Goof We Trust" has Pete using a mind-control helmet on Goofy to make the normally-honest Goof a deceptive conman like him.
Source: Mind-Control Device -
Some works take it so far that the moral seems to be "politeness is deceptive, bluntness is honest" — a message that all those Reality Show contestants who "speak [their] mind and don't care what anyone thinks" must have taken to heart.
Source: Polite Villains, Rude Heroes
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