venally

1. 1.

   in a corrupt and deceitful manner

   “he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend”

   Synonymsdishonestlydeceitfully

Questions about venally

What does venally mean?

venally means "in a corrupt and deceitful manner".

How many syllables are in venally?

venally has 3 syllables and divides as ve-nal-ly 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 venally?

Close synonyms include dishonestly, deceitfully. 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.