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suspiciously en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English suspicious Middle English -ly English -ly English suspiciously From suspicious + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a way suggesting suspicion.
   • The police officer looked at her suspiciously.
2. In a way that arouses suspicion.
   • She was behaving very suspiciously.
3. (qualifier:evaluative) Causing suspicion.
   • Suspiciously, he had taken out an insurance policy on his wife just months earlier.
4. (qualifier:degree) To a degree that makes one suspect something.
   • Yes. Though based on my thorough sampling of the trend, cold pork pies are tragically absent from girl dinner plates. Perhaps because, as noted by many TikTok users – and over the weekend both Today and the New York Times – many of these girl dinners are “suspiciously low cal”. 2023 July 10, Alyx Gorman, Yvonne C Lam, “Explain it to me quickly: What is a TikTok ‘girl dinner’ and should I eat one tonight?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023, retrieved 10 Jul 2023:
   • It looked suspiciously like a molding-compound repair of a dent.
   • Her paper was suspiciously well-written.

Forms

Translations (43)

de argwöhnisch (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · nl verdacht (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · cmn 可疑地 (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · nb mistenkelig (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · hy կասկածամտորեն (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · ca sospitosament (in a manner suggesting guilt) · fr suspicieusement (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · de verdächtig (in a manner suggesting guilt) · fi epäuskoisesti (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · de verdächtig (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · es sospechosamente (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · nl wantrouwig (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · cmn 怀疑地 (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · vi đầy nghi ngờ (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · fr étonnamment (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · hy կասկածելի (in a manner suggesting guilt) · ru с подозре́нием (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · nl verdacht (in a manner suggesting guilt) · vi đa nghi (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · pt suspeitosamente (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · pt culposamente (in a manner suggesting guilt) · cmn 猜疑地 (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · hu gyanúsan (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · fi epäilyttävästi (in a manner suggesting guilt) · fr suspectement (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · es culpablemente (in a manner suggesting guilt) · ru подозри́тельно (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · fi epäilevästi (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · fr coupablement (in a manner suggesting guilt) · hy կասկածելիորեն (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · vi đáng ngờ (in a manner suggesting guilt) · vi khả nghi (in a manner suggesting guilt) · ca sospitosament (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · pt suspeitamente (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · nb mistenkelig (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · cmn 嫌疑地 (in a manner suggesting guilt) · fi epäilyttävästi (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · hy կասկածով (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · ru подозри́тельно (In a manner suggesting suspicion) · es sospechosamente (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · vi một cách đáng ngờ (to a degree that makes one suspect something) · ru подозри́тельно (in a manner suggesting guilt) · gl sospeitosamente (In a manner suggesting suspicion)