traitorly
traitorly adjective: like a traitor; traitorous.
Adjective
traitorly (comparative more traitorly, superlative most traitorly)
- Like a traitor; traitorous.
- Yea, as yee loue your ovvne life, peace, vvelfare; Rouze vp your ſpirits, avvaken your Chriſtian courage, and ſet your ſelues heartily againſt the traitorly ſinnes of theſe times, vvhich threaten the bane of all theſe. Cleanſe yee theſe Augean ſtables of our drunken Tauernes, of our profane ſtages...1613 April 3 (Gregorian calendar), Jos[eph] Hall, “An Holy Panegyrick. A Sermon Preached at Paules-Crosse, vpon the Anniuersary Solemnity of the Happie Inauguration of Our Drad Soueraigne Lord, King...
- Synonyms:
- double-dealing, perfidious, traitorous, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-faced, double-hearted
Adverb
traitorly (comparative more traitorly, superlative most traitorly)
- Traitorously.
- But wete ye wel whan ye are past this lodgynge / I shalle hurte you and I may / for ye slewe my fader traitourly / But fyrst for the loue of my lord sir Tor / and for the loue of sir Lamorak the honourable Knyght that here is lodged ye shal haue none ylle lodgynge / For hit is pyte that euer ye...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter IX, in Le Morte Darthur, book X
- Synonyms:
- false, perfidiously, traitorwise, dastardly, disloyally, falsely, Judasly, proditoriously, ratlike, traitorously
Synonyms of traitorly
- double-dealing
- perfidious
- traitorous
- booky
- dastardly
- disloyal
- double-crossing
- double-faced
- double-hearted
- doublehearted
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- faithless
- false
- false-hearted
- guileful
- hollow-hearted
- infidelitous
- Judaslike
- Judasly
- nonfaithful
- Punic
- ratlike
- recreant
- renegade
- reptilian
- traitorish
- traitorlike
- traitorsome
- treacherous
- treachersome
- unfaithful
- unleal
- unloyal
- unsteadfast
- untrue
- viperish
- viperous
- perfidiously
- traitorwise
- disloyally
- falsely
Forms of traitorly
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more traitorly |
| superlative | most traitorly |
| alternative form (obsolete) | traitourly |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more traitorly |
| superlative | most traitorly |
Origin of traitorly
From traitor + -ly.
From Middle English trayterly, traytourliche, equivalent to traitor + -ly.
Questions about traitorly
- What does traitorly mean?
- Traitorly means like a traitor; traitorous.
- What part of speech is traitorly?
- Traitorly can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near traitorly in the dictionary
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