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traitorly¹

Where it comes from

From traitor + -ly.

adjective more traitorly · most traitorly · traitourly

  1. 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,

    Similar: double-dealing, perfidious, traitorous, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-faced, double-hearted, doublehearted, faithless

traitorly²

Where it comes from

From Middle English trayterly, traytourliche, equivalent to traitor + -ly.

adverb more traitorly · most traitorly · traitourly

  1. obsolete 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 shol

    Similar: false, perfidiously, traitorwise, dastardly, disloyally, falsely, Judasly, proditoriously, ratlike, traitorly, traitorously, treacherously

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@misc{traitorly_2026,
  title = {traitorly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/traitorly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}