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treacherously |
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Translations treacherously [ˈtretʃərəslɪ] ADV 1. (= disloyally) → traidoramente, a traición 2. (= dangerously) the roads are treacherously icy → el hielo que cubre las carreteras hace peligrosa la conducción treacherously adv (= disloyally) → verräterisch, in verräterischer Weise (= unreliably) → trügerisch, irreführend; at times he can be treacherously convincing → er wirkt manchmal gefährlich überzeugend (= dangerously) → tückisch; rocks hidden treacherously beneath the surface → Felsen, die gefährlich dicht unter der Wasseroberfläche liegen; in treacherously bad conditions → unter gefährlich schlechten Bedingungen treacherously [ˈtrɛtʃ/ərəslɪ] adv (act) → slealmente; (speak) → con falsità the roads are treacherously icy → il fondo stradale è infido or pericoloso con questo ghiaccio treacherously [ˈtrɛtʃ/ərəslɪ] adv (act) → slealmente; (speak) → con falsità the roads are treacherously icy → il fondo stradale è infido or pericoloso con questo ghiaccio How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is part of the general irony of things that in life's crises a man's good qualities are often the ones that help him least, if indeed they do not actually turn treacherously and fight against him. He intended to let them conquer Oz, since they insisted on going first; but he would afterward treacherously destroy them, as well as King Roquat, and keep all the slaves and treasure of Ozma's kingdom for himself. For a time, there reigned, too, a sense of peculiar dread at this flitting apparition, as if it were treacherously beckoning us on and on, in order that the monster might turn round upon us, and rend us at last in the remotest and most savage seas. |
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