INIQUITOUSLY

iniquitously

(adverb) in an iniquitous manner; “they really believed that the treaty of Versailles was iniquitously injust”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

iniquitously (comparative more iniquitously, superlative most iniquitously)

In an iniquitous manner.

Source: Wiktionary


In*iq"ui*tous*ly, adv.

Definition: In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.

INIQUITOUS

In*iq"ui*tous, a. Etym: [From Iniquity.]

Definition: Characterized by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding. Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service. Burke.

Syn.

– Wicked; wrong; unjust; unrighteous; nefarious; criminal.

– Iniquitous, Wicked, Nefarious. Wicked is the generic term. Iniquitous is stronger, denoting a violation of the rights of others, usually by fraud or circumvention. Nefarious is still stronger, implying a breach of the most sacred obligations, and points more directly to the intrinsic badness of the deed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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