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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony..
Thomas Hacket and Thomas Tweedy were both indicted, the one for stealing two cheeses, the other for feloniously receiving one of the two cheeses.
The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn […]
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Feloniously means In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony..
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Thomas Hacket and Thomas Tweedy were both indicted, the one for stealing two cheeses, the other for feloniously receiving one of the two cheeses.
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