PERFIDIOUSLY

perfidiously

(adverb) in a perfidious manner; ā€œhe was playing perfidiously one side against the otherā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

perfidiously (comparative more perfidiously, superlative most perfidiously)

In a perfidious manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Per*fid"i*ous*ly, adv.

Definition: In a perfidious manner.

PERFIDIOUS

Per*fid"i*ous, a. Etym: [L. perfidious.]

1. Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend. Shak.

2. Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. "Involved in this perfidious fraud." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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26 February 2025

ACRIMONIOUS

(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; ā€œan acrimonious disputeā€; ā€œbitter about the divorceā€


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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