Betrayingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a way that betrays or reveals.
"She hated the way that her voice croaked betrayingly and reached for the glass of wine that she had brought out with her, praying he would take her reaction as simply the effects of the sun."
Example
More examples"She hated the way that her voice croaked betrayingly and reached for the glass of wine that she had brought out with her, praying he would take her reaction as simply the effects of the sun."
Etymology
From betraying + -ly.
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