See dastardly on Wiktionary
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"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dastard\nProto-Indo-European *leyg-der.\nProto-Germanic *līkąder.\nProto-Germanic *-līkaz\nProto-West Germanic *-līk\nOld English -līċ\nMiddle English -ly\nEnglish -ly\nEnglish dastardly\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"like\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*leyg-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*līką\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-līkaz\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-līk\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"-līċ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-ly\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ly\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"dastardly\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"dastardly\">\nFrom dastard + -ly.",
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}
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{
"glosses": [
"In a cowardly or treacherous fashion."
],
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{
"word": "Judasly"
},
{
"word": "ratlike"
},
{
"word": "traitorwise"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
"word": "dastardly"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
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},
{
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
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},
{
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],
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},
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"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
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"obsolete"
],
"word": "proditoriously"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
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},
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],
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},
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"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:treacherously",
"word": "unfaithfully"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈdɑːstədli/",
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]
},
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]
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],
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