suspiciously

B2
US /səˈspɪʃəsli/
adv Freq #24194

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    with suspicion

    They regarded the food suspiciously.

  2. 2
    adv

    In a way suggesting suspicion.

    The police officer looked at her suspiciously.

  3. 3
    adv

    In a way that arouses suspicion.

    She was behaving very suspiciously.

  4. 4
    adv

    Causing suspicion.

    Suspiciously, he had taken out an insurance policy on his wife just months earlier.

  5. 5
    adv

    To a degree that makes one suspect something.

    It looked suspiciously like a molding-compound repair of a dent.

Etymology

From suspicious + -ly.

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