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Definitions for treacherously
treach·er·ous·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word treacherously.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably, falseadverb

    in a disloyal and faithless manner

    "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"

Wiktionary

  1. treacherouslyadverb

    In a treacherous manner.

    The former spy behaved treacherously.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Treacherouslyadverb

    Faithlessly; perfidiously; by treason; by stratagem.

    Etymology: from treacherous.

    Then ’gan Carausius tyrannize anew,
    And him Alectus treacherously slew,
    And took on him the robe of emperor. Fairy Qu. b. ii.

    Thou hast slain
    The flower of Europe for his chivalry,
    And treacherously hast thou vanquish’d him. William Shakespeare.

    Let others freeze with angling reeds,
    Or treacherously poor fish beset,
    With strangling snare, or winding net. John Donne.

    I treated, trusted you, and thought you mine;
    When, in requital of my best endeavours,
    You treacherously practis’d to undo me,
    Seduc’d my only child, and stole her. Thomas Otway.

    They bid him strike, to appease the ghost
    Of his poor father treacherously lost. John Dryden, Juvenal.

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  1. treacherously

    Treacherously is an adverb that describes actions done in a way that is guilty of or involving betrayal or deception. It often implies deceit, untrustworthiness, or violation of faith or trust.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of treacherously in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of treacherously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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