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feloniously

feloniously adverb: in a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.

Adverb

feloniously (comparative more feloniously, superlative most feloniously)

  1. In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
    • Thomas Hacket and Thomas Tweedy were both indicted, the one for stealing two cheeses, the other for feloniously receiving one of the two cheeses.1831 July 29, The Australian, Sydney, page 3, column 5
    • The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn […]1892, The Pacific Reporter, volume 27, page 538

Forms of feloniously

comparativemore feloniously
superlativemost feloniously

Origin of feloniously

From Middle English feloniously; equivalent to felonious + -ly.

Questions about feloniously

What does feloniously mean?
Feloniously means in a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
What part of speech is feloniously?
Feloniously is an adverb.

Words near feloniously in the dictionary

  1. felon-setting
  2. feloness
  3. felonesses
  4. felonies
  5. felonious
  6. feloniously
  7. feloniousness
  8. felonization
  9. felonize
  10. felonized
  11. felonizes

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