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Antonyms for faithlessly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : feyth-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪθ lɪs



Definition of faithlessly

Origin :
  • c.1300, "unbelieving," from faith + -less. Meaning "insincere" is mid-14c. Related: Faithlessly; faithlessness.
  • As in falsely : adv deceitfully
Example sentences :
  • But still she thought with bitter and remorseful feelings of him thus deliberately and faithlessly renounced.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • How far would they follow, these faithlessly faithful wanderers of the sea?
  • Extract from : « Mortmain » by Arthur Cheny Train
  • How can she acquit her conscience of having deliberately and faithlessly renounced one who was so true to her?
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • He promises the trembling Ahaz that, since he had faithlessly refused a sign, God would give him a sign.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible » by F. W. Farrar
  • Many records there are of treaties faithfully kept by the Indians and faithlessly broken by the colonists.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Pocahontas » by Virginia Watson
  • Now, when Fru Kongstrup had the right to shake heaven and earth—so faithlessly had they treated her—now she was silent.
  • Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo
  • We shall fulfil our oath, and not faithlessly desert the banner which we have hitherto followed.
  • Extract from : « Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia » by L. Mhlbach,
  • Faithlessly as he had behaved to Isy, Blatherwick was not consciously, that is with purpose or intent, a deceitful man.
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for faithlessly

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