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calumniously

calumniously

9.9
In a way that says false things to harm someone's reputation
  • adverb
  • /kəˈlʌm.ni.əs.li/
  • Formal
translation icon : calumniosamente
  • The politician was calumniously accused of bribery in an attempt to ruin his career.

Examples

  • The article calumniously accused the politician of corruption.

  • She argued that the article had calumniously misrepresented her actions.

  • The defendant denied ever speaking calumniously about her former employer.

  • He spoke calumniously about her character.

  • The article calumniously accused her of embezzlement, damaging her reputation in the community.

  • He claimed his rival calumniously spread lies to tarnish his image during the election.

  • She was hurt to learn that someone had spoken about her calumniously, leading to misunderstandings among her friends.

Synonyms

slanderously
vscalumniously
8.2

In a way that says false things to hurt someone's reputation

intends to harm reputation by knowingly making untrue damaging statements
libelously
vscalumniously
  • US
9.0

In a way that makes false written statements to harm a person's reputation

is not limited to written forms and stresses intent to harm reputation
scurrilously
vscalumniously
  • Offensive
9.9

In a way that says very bad and untrue things about someone

focuses on false damaging statements meant to harm reputation rather than crude abuse

Antonyms

honestly
182 1.3

In a truthful way that shows you mean what you say

How Defamatory

calumniously
  • Formal
9.9
accusingly
3 4.4

Surface Forms

calumniously positive

Morphology

calumniously = calumnious (transparent) = calumny + ous + ly

The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'calumnious', a predictable derivation.

Etymology

The adverb calumniously comes from the Latin word calumnia, meaning 'false accusation' or 'slander', and is the source of the English word calumny, so the root idea is the same as the common word 'slander'. So to act calumniously is to try to harm someone's reputation by saying things that are not true.