defamatorily
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From defamatory + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]defamatorily (comparative more defamatorily, superlative most defamatorily)
- In a defamatory manner.
- 2024 July 25, Kara Scannell, “Judge who ordered Trump to pay $454 million says he was ‘accosted’ by lawyer and won’t recuse himself from case”, in CNN[1]:
- “I did not initiate, welcome, encourage, engage in, or learn from much less enjoy, Bailey’s tirade. I did not base any part of any of my rulings on it, as Bailey has outlandishly, mistakenly, and defamatorily claimed,” Engoron wrote.