feloniously
adverb
feloniously is an adverb meaning “In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-L-O-N-I-O-U-S-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does feloniously mean?
adverb
- 1
In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of feloniously
- more feloniously comparative
- most feloniously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is feloniously?
Feloniously appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Feloniously in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a felonious manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | verbrecherisch, in verbrecherischer Weise, verbrecherhaft |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does feloniously come from?
From Middle English feloniously; equivalent to felonious + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).