Betrayingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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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