traitorously
- adverb
- /ˈtreɪtərəsli/
:
traidoramente
- They felt he had turned traitorously against his own party's principles.
Examples
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Armies of Western hirelings, including those ex-diplomats and former intelligence agents who have behaved so traitorously, should be exposed and held up for attack and ridicule in the press and in Parliamentary or Congressional committee hearings.
Blog text (14) -
"In the name of his majesty our sovereign lord, "prisoners of pardon, you stand "for having maliciously and traitorously conspired "to change, alter, and wholly to subvert "the ancient government of this kingdom of England.
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And that you did traitorously and maliciously levy a cruel war... against Parliament and the people.
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The mayor is depicted as wimping out and traitorously appeasing the North.
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He acted traitorously by sharing confidential information with the enemy.
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She was accused of behaving traitorously by siding with the rival faction.
Synonyms
1
7.6
To break someone's trust by betraying them
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5.0
In a way that shows no loyalty and breaks promises
In a way that betrays your country or its government
In a way that betrays a country or its government
In a dishonest way that betrays trust
In a way that does not support someone who trusts you
In a way that breaks someone's trust
Antonyms
How Treacherous
Surface Forms
Morphology
traitorously = traitorous (transparent) = traitor + ous + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'traitorous', so the meaning is directly 'in a traitorous manner'.
Etymology
Traitorously comes from traitor, which in turn comes from the old Latin word tradere meaning 'to hand over'. So to act traitorously is like 'handing someone over' to an enemy, which is to 'betray' them.