untrustworthily
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
un- + trustworthy + -ly
Adverb[edit]
untrustworthily (comparative more untrustworthily, superlative most untrustworthily)
- In an untrustworthy manner.
- 1902, The Contemporary Review: Volume 82[1], London: Horace Marshall & Son, page 27:
- A short time ago I proved how superficially and untrustworthily trial trips are carried out; that is characteristic of all the bumptious self-glorification of the English.
- 1998, Asia Major[2], London: Lund Humphries, page 10:
- Even an ordinary man cannot act untrustworthily: he falls down dead. And if one acts untrustworthily while assembling the high ministers of the overlords, he will certainly not succeed.
- 2014, Tricia Saddington, Security for Small Computer Systems: A Practical Guide for Users, London: Elsevier Science, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44, →ISBN:
- If it appears that the applicant has behaved untrustworthily at a previous employer, or even if he appears to feel uncomfortable with this type of questioning, further background checking is a minimum requirement.