untrustworthily

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ trustworthy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

untrustworthily (comparative more untrustworthily, superlative most untrustworthily)

1. In an untrustworthy manner.
   • 1902, The Contemporary Review: Volume 82‎^[1], London: Horace Marshall & Son, page 27:

     A short time ago I proved how superficially and untrustworthily trial trips are carried out; that is characteristic of all the bumptious self-glorification of the English.

   • 1998, Asia Major‎^[2], London: Lund Humphries, page 10:

     Even an ordinary man cannot act untrustworthily: he falls down dead. And if one acts untrustworthily while assembling the high ministers of the overlords, he will certainly not succeed.

   • 2014, Tricia Saddington, Security for Small Computer Systems: A Practical Guide for Users, London: Elsevier Science, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44, →ISBN:

     If it appears that the applicant has behaved untrustworthily at a previous employer, or even if he appears to feel uncomfortable with this type of questioning, further background checking is a minimum requirement.

Further reading

• “untrustworthily”, in Collins English Dictionary.