disloyally en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English disloyal Middle English -ly English -ly English disloyally From disloyal + -ly.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more disloyally | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most disloyally | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
traitorously · dastardly · falsely · Judasly · perfidiously · false · treacherously · ratlike · traitorly · proditoriously · perfidiously · unfaithfully · disloyally · unfaithfully · traitorwise
Translations (5)
nrf dêlouoyalement (in a disloyal manner) · grc δυσμενῶς (in a disloyal manner) · pt deslealmente (in a disloyal manner) · gl deslealmente (in a disloyal manner) · ca deslleialment (in a disloyal manner)