单词 | defamatorily |
释义 | defamatorilyadv. In a defamatory manner; slanderously, libellously. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adverb] noisingly1426 slanderously1429 slanderfully1550 defamously1563 defamedly1567 backbitingly1580 abusively?1593 disgracefully1604 calumniously1625 contumeliously1632 reflectingly1643 slanderingly1648 aspersively1653 defamatorily1659 vilifyingly1682 reflexivelya1716 libellously1832 1659 M. Thomas Two Assize Serm. 89 My designe lyes mainely against that sort of men, who inure their tongues, to speak malitiously and defamatorily. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Defamatorily, abusively, scurrilously. 1860 E. Meteyard Mainstone's Housekeeper II. v. 99 Should these letters refer defamatorily to you or Mr. Radnor, he will be frank enough to tell you. 1923 Daily Independent (Murphysboro, Illinois) 29 Dec. 1/5 The Republican-Era..did defamatorily and corruptly compose and publish a false libel. 1990 Virginia Law Rev. 76 408 A student may have a protected liberty interest..in not being defamatorily denominated a ‘functional illiterate’ by the state. 2006 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 25 May 12 Brand names were defamatorily used without fact, basis, or substance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1659 |
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