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But since a party chairman is supposed to talk like a combination coach and cheerleader, Alcorn sounded treasonably candid to the faithful.

From Time Magazine Archive

The news swept abroad over the whole island that the palladium of the public liberties was lost—maybe treasonably destroyed.

From Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories by Twain, Mark

She considered Mary as plotting treasonably against her power, and began to contrive plans to circumvent and thwart her.

From Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

The nightingale protests so loudly and treasonably that he is kicked out of court, and the owl, dull but faithful, is declared the winner.

From Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables by La Fontaine, Jean de

I begin to smell out that Privy Seal worketh treasonably.'

From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox