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traitorously adverb formaldisapprovinguk /ˈtreɪ.tər.əs.li/ us /ˈtreɪ.t̬ɚ.əs.li/ in a way that is not loyal to your own country, social group, beliefs, etc.: A small band of men had traitorously taken up arms against the government. It was hard to believe that anybody could act so traitorously against the interests of their country. She had stolen some confidential files and traitorously passed them on to a competitor. He traitorously sent a message to the Emperor that revealed the names of the conspirators. She traitorously left the opposition party to accept a job in the government. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Disloyalty, betrayal & treason adulterous backstabber betrayal betrayer break ranksidiom chicane deserter desertion faithless faithlessly faithlessness false fifth column sellout stab someone in the backidiom tergiversation throw someone to the lionsidiom throw someone under the busidiom treasonable unfaithfulness
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