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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false" [syn: faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably, false]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see faithless

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Faithless Faith"less, a. 1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. --John xx. 27. 2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. --Shak. 3. Not observant of promises or covenants. 4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife. A most unnatural and faithless service. --Shak. 5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. ``Yonder faithless phantom.'' --Goldsmith. -- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n.