| 释义 |
suˈspiciously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a suspicious manner.
1. In a way deserving of suspicion; so as to arouse suspicion.
1472in Surtees Misc. (1890) 24 Lawrence of Lawe..lyffez suspeciouslye agayns lawe of this land. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xxi. 30 They both dyed suspeciously. 1587Turberv. Epit. & Sonn., To Parker 192 Their dice are very small,..Not shaking them awhit, they cast suspiciously. 1612Sir R. Naunton in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 118 As if I were too suspiciously inward with Sir F. Gr. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. ii. 64 There were Arabs at Mendeli who looked suspiciously. 1823Cooper Pioneers vi, He returned..bringing with him a suspiciously-looking box. 1862Morn. Standard 24 Mar., The sentence above quoted..which looks suspiciously like the Delphic utterance of some South Kensingtonian oracle. 1902V. Jacob Sheep Stealers xiv, ‘Oi,’ was the reply, which came from suspiciously near the keyhole.
2. In a way showing suspicion; with suspicion; suspectingly.
1549in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1681) II. Records 176, I talked in the Matter so suspiciously, as though such an Invasion had been made. 1599Life Sir T. More in Wordsw. Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 70 He would never sinisterlie or suspiciouslie take anie thing written, done, or spoken against him. 1615G. Sandys Trav. iii. 157 The Romanes did keepe a garrison, suspiciously ouer-eying the Temple. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xxxvi, Is it a pledge you are demanding from me? said Harold, suspiciously. 1868M. E. Braddon Run to Earth xxv, This man looked very suspiciously at the visitor. 1892‘F. Anstey’ Voces Pop. Ser. ii. 24 They watch one another suspiciously. |