treacherously

C2
adv Freq #84994

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a disloyal and faithless manner

    They behaved treacherously, offering secret materials to a competitor.

  2. 2
    adv

    In a treacherous manner.

    The former spy behaved treacherously.

Etymology

From treacherous + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in a disloyal and faithless... faithlesslyfalsetraitorouslytreasonably
2 adv · in a treacherous manner. dastardlydisloyallyfalsefalselyjudaslyperfidiouslyproditoriouslyratliketraitorlytraitorouslytraitorwisetreacherously
Opposites
faithfullyloyally

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