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perfidiously adverb literaryuk /pəˈfɪd.i.əs.li/ us /pɚˈfɪd.i.əs.li/ in a way that cannot be trusted, or that shows no loyalty: The two countries promised, perhaps perfidiously, to stop supporting each other's rebels. Someone on the team had perfidiously leaked details of the plan to the other side. He claimed they had perfidiously betrayed their country and strengthened the enemy. The Soviet spy spent a perfidiously productive decade at a high rank in Cold War British intelligence. The nature of modern life means that cyber-criminals have the potential to target individuals perfidiously. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Disloyalty, betrayal & treason adulterous backstabber betrayal betrayer break ranksidiom chicane deserter desertion faithless faithlessly faithlessness false fifth column stab someone in the backidiom tergiversation throw someone to the lionsidiom throw someone under the busidiom traitor treasonable unfaithfulness
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