faith´less|ly

faith´less|ly
faith|less «FAYTH lihs», adjective.
1. not true to duty or to one's promises; not loyal: »

That traitor was faithless to his country.

SYNONYM(S): disloyal, false, inconstant, fickle, perfidious.
2. that cannot be trusted; not reliable: »

a faithless coward. Yonder faithless phantom flies to lure thee to thy doom (Oliver Goldsmith).

SYNONYM(S): unstable.
3. a) without faith, especially religious faith; unbelieving: »

He lived a faithless life.

SYNONYM(S): incredulous, skeptical, doubting. b) (among Christians) without Christian faith.
faith´less|ly, adverb.
faith´less|ness, noun.

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