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untrustworthily

untrustworthily adverb: in an untrustworthy manner.

Adverb

untrustworthily (comparative more untrustworthily, superlative most untrustworthily)

  1. In an untrustworthy manner.
    • A short time ago I proved how superficially and untrustworthily trial trips are carried out; that is characteristic of all the bumptious self-glorification of the English.1902, The Contemporary Review: Volume 82, London: Horace Marshall & Son, page 27
    • Even an ordinary man cannot act untrustworthily: he falls down dead. And if one acts untrustworthily while assembling the high ministers of the overlords, he will certainly not succeed.1998, Asia Major, London: Lund Humphries, page 10

Forms of untrustworthily

comparativemore untrustworthily
superlativemost untrustworthily

Origin of untrustworthily

From un- + trustworthy + -ly.

Questions about untrustworthily

What does untrustworthily mean?
Untrustworthily means in an untrustworthy manner.
What part of speech is untrustworthily?
Untrustworthily is an adverb.

Words near untrustworthily in the dictionary

  1. untrusting
  2. untrustingly
  3. untrusts
  4. untrustworthier
  5. untrustworthiest
  6. untrustworthily
  7. untrustworthiness
  8. untrustworthy
  9. untrusty
  10. untruth
  11. untruther

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