Calumniously

Calumniously
Calumnious Ca*lum"ni*ous, a. [L. calumniosus.] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. [1913 Webster]

Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. --Shak.

Syn: . Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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  • calumniously — adverb see calumny …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • calumniously — See calumnious. * * * …   Universalium

  • calumniously — adverb In the manner of a falsification intended to discredit another. See Also: calumny …   Wiktionary

  • calumniously — adv. slanderously …   English contemporary dictionary

  • calumniously — ca·lum·ni·ous·ly …   English syllables

  • calumniously — adverb in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny • Syn: ↑slanderously • Derived from adjective: ↑calumnious, ↑slanderous (for: ↑slanderously) * * * adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • calumnious — calumniously, adv. /keuh lum nee euhs/, adj. of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory. Also, calumniatory /keuh lum nee euh tawr ee, tohr ee/. [1480 90; < L calumniosus full of tricks or artifices, equiv. to calumni(a) CALUMNY +… …   Universalium

  • slanderously — adverb in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny • Syn: ↑calumniously • Derived from adjective: ↑calumnious (for: ↑calumniously), ↑slanderous …   Useful english dictionary

  • calumny — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle English calumnye, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi to deceive; perhaps akin to Old English hōlian to slander, Greek kēlein to beguile Date: 15th century …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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