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单词 faithlessly
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faithlessly


faith·less

F0018700 (fāth′lĭs)adj.1. a. Not true to duty or obligation; disloyal or unfaithful.b. Breaking trust in a marriage or relationship by having sexual relations with someone other than one's spouse or sexual partner. 2. Having no religious faith.
faith′less·ly adv.faith′less·ness n.Synonyms: faithless, unfaithful, false, disloyal, traitorous, perfidious
These adjectives mean not true to duty or obligation. Faithless and unfaithful imply failure to adhere to promises, obligations, or allegiances: was faithless to her ideals; an unfaithful servant.
False emphasizes deceitfulness or duplicity: "To thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man" (Shakespeare).
One who is disloyal betrays an allegiance: disloyal staff members who exposed the senator's indiscretions.
Traitorous most commonly refers to disloyalty to a government or nation: a traitorous double agent.
Perfidious often connotes vile or contemptible behavior: "The propagandists also highlighted atrocities committed by enemy soldiers, in order to demonstrate the perfidious qualities of the enemy nation" (David A. Bell).
Thesaurus
Adv.1.faithlessly - in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"false, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably

faithlessly


  • adv

Synonyms for faithlessly

adv in a disloyal and faithless manner

Synonyms

  • false
  • traitorously
  • treacherously
  • treasonably
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