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Whatever it says it does not say calumniously.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

"Too sumptuous in his dinners, too much wine withal!" hint some calumniously.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas

But a graver fault of these three and a half lines is that the amazement, the turning, the burning, and the banning, are all alike fictitious; and foul-fictitious, calumniously conceived no less than falsely.

From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John

For behold! at two in the morning I discover the object of my adoration and the daughter of an estimable prelate, most calumniously clad and busily employed in rumpling my supply of cravats.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

My dear Leighton,—The public voice respecting the lecture you are calumniously charged with, is as wise as usual.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell