disloyally
disloyally adverb: in a disloyal manner.
Adverb
disloyally (comparative more disloyally, superlative most disloyally)
- In a disloyal manner.
- But thou do est weene with villeinous despight,
To blott her honour, and her heauenly light.
Dye rather, dye, then so disloyally
Deeme of her high desert, or seeme so light:
Fayre death it is to shonne more shame, to dy:
Dye rather, dy, then euer loue disloyally.1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- perfidiously, unfaithfully, dastardly, false, falsely, Judasly, proditoriously, ratlike, traitorly, traitorously
- But thou do est weene with villeinous despight,
Synonyms of disloyally
- perfidiously
- unfaithfully
- dastardly
- false
- falsely
- Judasly
- ratlike
- traitorously
- traitorwise
- treacherously
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Forms of disloyally
| comparative | more disloyally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disloyally |
Origin of disloyally
From disloyal + -ly.
Questions about disloyally
- What does disloyally mean?
- Disloyally means in a disloyal manner.
- What part of speech is disloyally?
- Disloyally is an adverb.
Words near disloyally in the dictionary
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