Definitions for calumniously

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ca•lum•ni•ouskəˈlʌm ni əs; kəˈlʌm ni əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i(adj.)

also ca•lum•ni•a•to•ry

  1. of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.

Origin of calumnious:

1480–90; < L

ca•lum′ni•ous•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. slanderously, calumniously(adverb)

    in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny

Wiktionary

  1. calumniously(Adverb)

    In the manner of a falsification intended to discredit another.


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