slanderously

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscalumniously

Questions about slanderously

What does slanderously mean?

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

How many syllables are in slanderously?

slanderously has 4 syllables: slan-de-rou-sly. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for slanderously?

Close synonyms include calumniously. 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 slanderously a common word?

slanderously 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.