| 单词 | perfidiously |
| 释义 | perfidiously (once / 55231 pages) adv When someone acts in a untrustworthy or underhanded way, they behave perfidiously. Your little brother might perfidiously insist that he was not the person who ate an entire package of Oreos. People who lie or cheat act perfidiously, whether they're high school students stealing the answer key to a test or giant corporations using chemicals they claim are safe while knowing they may harm their customers. The adverb perfidiously comes from the adjective perfidious, or "deceitful." The root is Latin: perfidiosus, or "treacherous" is from perfidia, "faithlessness or falsehood," from the root phrase per fidem decipere, "to deceive through trustingness." WORD FAMILYperfidious: perfidiously, perfidiousness+/perfidy: perfidies, perfidious USAGE EXAMPLESThe statement said that the rebels “cynically and perfidiously” downed the plane using anti-aircraft guns and heavy caliber machine guns. Los Angeles Times(Jun 14, 2014) I could be cynical here, but I really don’t think it’s about perfidiously advancing a thesis to promote his new book. Forbes(Feb 24, 2013) Thus guarded by the honor of the state and the church, he was, notwithstanding, perfidiously betrayed, and condemned to be burnt alive. Alberger, John, Monks, Popes, and their Political I...(2011) adv in a perfidious manner he was playing perfidiously one side against the other |
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