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Webster 1913 Edition


Traitorly

Trai′tor-ly

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Adj.
Like a traitor; treacherous; traitorous.
[Obs.]
Traitorly rascals.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Traitorly

TRA'ITORLY

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Adj.
Treacherous. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


traitorly

traitorly

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Adjective

traitorly (comparative more traitorly, superlative most traitorly)

  1. Like a traitor; traitorous.

Adverb

traitorly (comparative more traitorly, superlative most traitorly)

  1. (obsolete) Traitorously.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter ix, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
      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 shold be in the company of good Knyghtes