traitorously

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adverb

In a traitorous manner; treacherously.

“The vizier traitorously revealed the location of the hiding princess in order to save himself.”

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dastardlytraitorlytraitorwisedisloyallyfalsefalselyJudaslyperfidiously
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English traitorous →
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Meanings

adverbtraitorously (comparative more traitorously, superlative most traitorously)

comparative more traitorously · superlative most traitorously · alternative obsolete rare traitourously

  1. In a traitorous manner; treacherously.

    The vizier traitorously revealed the location of the hiding princess in order to save himself.

    Synonyms: dastardly, traitorly, traitorwise, dastardly, disloyally, false, falsely, Judasly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a traitorous manner; treacherously.

Similar
dastardlytraitorlytraitorwisedastardlydisloyallyfalsefalselyJudaslyperfidiouslyproditoriouslyratliketraitorlytraitorwisetreacherouslyunfaithfully

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a disloyal and faithless manner

Similar
faithlesslytreacherouslytreasonablyfalse
Also see
dastardlydisloyallyfaithlesslyfalsejudaslyperfidiouslyproditoriouslyratliketraitorlytraitorwisetreacherouslytreasonablyunfaithfully

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishtraitorous
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishtraitorously

From traitorous + -ly.

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Chicago

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