fishilyadv.
/ˈfɪʃᵻli/, U.S. /ˈfɪʃᵻli/ In a fishy manner.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [adverb]
crookedlyc1374
undirectly1535
indirectly1580
obliquely1601
fishily1851
back-handedly1859
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adverb] > in fishy manner
fishily1851
1851 Fraser's Mag. 44 439 Naples..is as fishily inclined as ever.
1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience iii. i Marcus shook hands fishily all round.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1851- stone-eyed
- stone-face
- stone-faced
- stone-fall
- stone-fencing
- stone-fern
- stone-field
- stone-fish
- stone-flagged
- stone-floored
- stone-flower
- stone-fly
- stone-fox
- stone-fruit
- stone-gall
- stone-gatherer
- stone-getter
- stone-glass
- stone-grape
- stone-grave
- stone-graver
- stone-grey
- stone-grig
- stone-grist
- stone-ground