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suspiciously

adv

Etymology

From suspicious + -ly.

Definitions

  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. Causing suspicion.

    • Suspiciously, he had taken out an insurance policy on his wife just months earlier.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To a degree that makes one suspect something.

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

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