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adulterously

/əˈdəɫtɝəsli/ adv

In an adulterous manner.

Word Origin Adulterous comes from Latin adulter 'corrupt, unfaithful,' which is related to alter 'other' — so adultery is literally 'turning to another.' Adulterously is the adverb. The same root gives us adulterate (to corrupt by mixing with something else), alter (to change), and alternative (another choice). The idea of 'otherness' is at the heart of it.

adv In an adulterous manner.

He glanced adulterously at his neighbor's wife.

(副词) 通奸地

他通奸般地瞥了邻居的妻子一眼。

(adverbio) De manera adúltera.

Él miró con ojos adúlteros a la esposa de su vecino.

(adverbe) de manière adultère; adultèrement [De manière adultère ; en commettant un adultère.]

Il jeta un regard adultère à la femme de son voisin.

(Adverb) ehebrecherisch [**adulterously** – auf ehebrecherische Weise; in einer Art und Weise, die Untreue in einer Partnerschaft ausdrückt.]

Er blickte **adulterously** zu der Frau seines Nachbarn hinüber.

(副詞) 不倫を犯して；姦通によって。

彼は不倫の目つきで隣の奥さんをちらっと見た。

(advérbio) adúlteramente; de forma adúltera; infielmente [De forma adúltera.]

Ele olhou de forma adúltera para a esposa do vizinho.

Synonyms: unfaithfully disloyally faithlessly cheatingly immorally illicitly extramaritally treacherously Antonyms: faithfully loyally devotedly trustily
Word parts: adulter + ous + ly

Related words

adultery adulterate adulterer adulterant adulteration alteration alternate alternative altercation altruism alternator

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