treasonously
- adverb
- /ˈtriːzənəsli/
- Formal
:
de manera traidora
Examples
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Never before then did I imagine current office holders would treasonously sell the lives of American soldiers for a few percentage points rise in the polls.
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My hat's off to Obama for fighting the good fight against a racist, near-treasonously anti-American Republican Party.
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The soldiers felt that their leaders acted treasonously by agreeing to a peace that favored the enemy.
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Many believed that the whistleblower had treasonously shared classified information with foreign agents.
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Her decision to support the opposing party was seen as treasonously betraying her long-time allies.
Synonyms
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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 is not loyal and harms people who trust you
In a way that shows little love or loyalty to your country
In a dishonest way that betrays trust
In a way that does not support someone who trusts you
Antonyms
How Treasonous
Surface Forms
Morphology
treasonously = treasonous (transparent) = treason + ous + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'treasonous', a regular and predictable derivation.
Etymology
Treasonously comes from treason, which originally came from an old word meaning 'to hand over', as if you gave someone to an enemy. It is in the same family as traitor, so to act treasonously is to betray trust or your country.