faithless, faithlesse

[Eng. faith; -le .] 1. Not believing; unbelieving; not giving credit "Be not faithle but believing." -John xx. 27. 2. Without belief in the truths of religion; unbelieving. 3. Not adhering to engagements, vows, or duty; disloyal, unfaithful. "A faithle and shamele man." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. ii. 4. Not observant of promises. consists of merely violating that faith which the relation produces; perfidy is never so complete as when it has most effectually a umed the mask of sincerity. Perfidy may lie in the will to do; treachery lies altogether in the thing done: one may therefore be perfidious without being treacher ous. On the other hand, we may be treach . A servant erous without being perfidious. may be both perfidious and treacherous to his master; a citizen may be treacherous but not per fidious toward his country." ( Crabb : Eng. Synon.) faith-le -ly, *faith-le e-ly, adv . [English faithle ; -ly .] In a faithle or unfaithful manner; treacherously, dishonorably. "And not faithle ly betrayed but sincerely discharged the several trusts reposed in us."-Penryn: Treachery and Disloyalty , p. 218. faith'-le -ne , *faith-le e-ne e, s . [Eng. faithle ; -ne .] The quality or state of being faithle or unfaithful; disloyalty; perfidy; treach ery; inconstancy; unfaithfulne . "Faithle ne was the chief cause of his disaster."_ Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. i. *faith-ly, *faythe-ly, *feith-li, *feith-liche, *feyth-ly, adv . [Eng. faith ; -ly .] Faithfully; in good faith; truly, honestly. "This forward to fulfill faithly thai swere.' Destruction of Troy, 11,447. faith-wor-thi-ne , s . [English faithworthy ; -ne .] The quality of being deserving of faith or credit; trustworthine . -worthy.]