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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

Gowrie was thus within the danger of the law, for treasonably concealing foreknowledge of the conspiracy.

From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew

One of the counts against him was that he had treasonably taken upon him the name of O'Neill.

From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James

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

A scene follows between him and Creon, his wife's brother, whom he had accused of treasonably plotting against him in concert with Tiresias.

From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Smith, Goldwin