traitorously


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trai·tor·ous

 (trā′tər-əs)
adj.
1. Having the character of a traitor; disloyal See Synonyms at faithless.
2. Constituting treason: a traitorous act.

trai′tor·ous·ly adv.
trai′tor·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.traitorously - in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
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traitorously

[ˈtreɪtərəslɪ] ADVtraidoramente, a traición
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traitorously

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"'Whereas, by a statute made in the reign of his imperial majesty Calin Deffar Plune, it is enacted, that, whoever shall make water within the precincts of the royal palace, shall be liable to the pains and penalties of high-treason; notwithstanding, the said Quinbus Flestrin, in open breach of the said law, under colour of extinguishing the fire kindled in the apartment of his majesty's most dear imperial consort, did maliciously, traitorously, and devilishly, by discharge of his urine, put out the said fire kindled in the said apartment, lying and being within the precincts of the said royal palace, against the statute in that case provided, etc.
"'That the said Quinbus Flestrin, contrary to the duty of a faithful subject, is now preparing to make a voyage to the court and empire of Blefuscu, for which he has received only verbal license from his imperial majesty; and, under colour of the said license, does falsely and traitorously intend to take the said voyage, and thereby to aid, comfort, and abet the emperor of Blefuscu, so lately an enemy, and in open war with his imperial majesty aforesaid.'
Charles Darnay had yesterday pleaded Not Guilty to an indictment denouncing him (with infinite jingle and jangle) for that he was a false traitor to our serene, illustrious, excellent, and so forth, prince, our Lord the King, by reason of his having, on divers occasions, and by divers means and ways, assisted Lewis, the French King, in his wars against our said serene, illustrious, excellent, and so forth; that was to say, by coming and going, between the dominions of our said serene, illustrious, excellent, and so forth, and those of the said French Lewis, and wickedly, falsely, traitorously, and otherwise evil-adverbiously, revealing to the said French Lewis what forces our said serene, illustrious, excellent, and so forth, had in preparation to send to Canada and North America.
I shall be afraid to leave you here with these devilish scoundrels." But when she put the suggestion to Usanga the black immediately suspected some plan to thwart him--possibly to carry him against his will back to the German masters he had traitorously deserted, and glowering at her savagely, he obstinately refused to entertain the suggestion.
"We doubt not, with the help of God, to see you very soon restored to those thrones from which you have been so traitorously thrust."
But that is no different from when PM Ted Heath traitorously took us into the abyss in the first place.
President Trump has been accused by liberals of regularly assaulting women, having families thrown off their own properties so that he could build a casino, traitorously colluding with Russia to influence an American presidential election, being racist in his choice of tenants for his rental dwellings, etc.
(28) It is also what contributes towards the mentality of class war, and the literal hatred of Tories--now extended to the Red Tories who are traitorously moderate, and seen at its worst in online abuse.
"Nobody has the right to traitorously shoot down a Russian plane from behind," Peskov told Russia's "News on Saturday" TV program, adding that the president was "mobilized, fully mobilized, mobilized to the extent that circumstances demand."
"Nobody has the right to traitorously shoot down a Russian plane from behind," Peskov told Russia's "News on Saturday" TV program, calling Turkish evidence purporting to show the Russian SU-24 jet had violated Turkish air space "cartoons".
Management, well trained in suppressing the legitimate demands of the working man, Bosses who didn't make it on their own But traitorously used their fellow workers and their trade unions as a promotional stepping stone.