He was playing perfidiously one side against the other. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a perfidious lover. From Dictionary.com.
The Baron could, by a single word perfidiously repeated, injure him very much with Alba's mother. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Or at least those that first perfidiously assaulted the commandos?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists”] Reference
There goes Oren again, perfidiously trashing the reputation of Prof. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama’s Diverse Shortlist] Reference
There goes Oren again, perfidiously trashing the reputation of Prof. Kerr. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama’s Diverse Shortlist] Reference
Joseph, brother of Napoleon, reigned on the throne of which King Charles had been perfidiously despoiled. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859] Reference
In this action the Tripolitans thrice hauled down her colors, and thrice perfidiously renewed the conflict. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
You say so now, but we all know you spent years masquerading as Prof. Kerr with your perfidiously similar name. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Opinio Juris Discussions of Targeting of US Citizen] Reference
Abencerrages; so called from the gallant cavaliers of that illustrious line who were here perfidiously massacred. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number)] Reference
I simply understand it as if it were said, ` Thou shalt do nothing perfidiously with me or with my descendants. '. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1] Reference
Abencerrages, so called from the gallant cavaliers of that illustrious line, who were here perfidiously massacred. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Invited Imperial Japanese Navy to participate in a "friendship mission" by flying over Hawaii, and then perfidiously ordered U.S. From Wordnik.com. [The New Japanese SAT] Reference
Some understand this conversation to have been general; as if Cain, perfidiously dissembling his anger, spoke in a fraternal manner. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1] Reference
They brought him before me, abject and contemptible, and I said to him, ‘O accursed, why hast thou dealt thus perfidiously with me?’. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
She spoke of her wretchedness to Fraulein Schult, who, perfidiously, day after day, drew from her something to report to Madame de Nailles. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It consistently and perfidiously tries to minimize the import of the Holocaust by comparing it to other genocides, like point scoring I a football game. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The argument was used in Lebanon in 2006 that Israel was simply attempting to target Hizballah fighters who perfidiously placed their rocket launchers in built-up areas. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
King James, he said, was treating them perfidiously. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Taking advantage of his absence, they perfidiously vilified him to the king. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852] Reference
They had, they imagined, been recklessly, if not perfidiously, sent to certain destruction. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
Thus we learned the dismal place to which your noble daughter had been so perfidiously ensnared. From Wordnik.com. [My Novel — Complete] Reference
Certainly some bishops acted perfidiously, and not nearly enough of them have been held accountable. From Wordnik.com. [Commonweal Magazine] Reference
Frog dived suddenly, trying to reach the bottom, that she might perfidiously deprive the Mouse of life. From Wordnik.com. [The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes] Reference
Frederic's conscience told him that he had acted perfidiously and inhumanly towards the Queen of Hungary. From Wordnik.com. [Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)] Reference
Hercules in her defence, had perfidiously persuaded her that his blood would win back her husband's love. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles] Reference
On the testimony of his own letters it is clear he did not mind how tortuously and perfidiously he worked. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography] Reference
"How couldst thou deal thus perfidiously with me and lure me into these desert mountains, and what wilt thou do with me?". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II] Reference
So I swore to him a thousand oaths that I would never deal perfidiously with him, but would be a friend and a helper to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II] Reference
For it was long believed that Delauney had admitted the people into the first court, and then had perfidiously shot them down. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on the French Revolution] Reference
If perfidiously received, it binds to punishment for not obeying it, and for deceitfully professing, by vow or oath, to receive it. From Wordnik.com. [The Ordinance of Covenanting] Reference
They brought him before me, abject and contemptible, and I said to him, 'O accursed, why hast thou dealt thus perfidiously with me?'. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
In some places, shells, perfidiously placed in the stoves of the houses, had exploded and wounded the military who crowded around them. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Great Retreats of History] Reference
Know, then, O wolf, that he, who digs a pit for his brother, soon falls into it himself, and thou first dealtest perfidiously with me. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III] Reference
So they brought him before me, abject and humiliated, and I said to him, "O accursed one, why hast thou dealt thus perfidiously with me?". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV] Reference
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