calumniously

1. 1.

   in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny

   Synonymsslanderously

Questions about calumniously

What does calumniously mean?

calumniously means "in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny".

How many syllables are in calumniously?

calumniously has 5 syllables and divides as ca-lum-ni-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for calumniously?

Close synonyms include slanderously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calumniously a common word?

calumniously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.