perfidiously
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Added Luther's disciple, Melanchthon: "Astute and impious . . . blowing smoke perfidiously before his hearers."
From Time Magazine Archive
In order to increase his prey, he perfidiously invited the Dutch to take shelter in his ports; and accordingly the East India fleet, very richly laden, had put into Bergen.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by David Hume
The native inhabitants declined to come off until a hostage was left for their security, because a French ship had lately perfidiously carried off two of their number.
From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by William Henry Giles Kingston
It is easy to prove that, during the late war, all the good advice given to the King came from Moltke; all hurried, or lame, or improvident, or perfidiously cruel measures came from the Chancellor.
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by John Knox Laughton
While we were struggling with the tempest of wind and snow, the latter, driven by the storm, lodged and accumulated in every hollow, concealing unknown abysses, which perfidiously opened beneath our feet.
From The Two Great Retreats of History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery
