suspiciouslyadv.
In a suspicious manner.
1. In a way deserving of suspicion; so as to arouse suspicion.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adverb] > so as to arouse suspicion
suspectly1422
suspiciously1472
suspectedly1609
1472 in Surtees Misc. (1890) 24 Lawrence of Lawe..lyffez suspeciouslye agayns lawe of this land.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxi. 30 They both dyed suspeciously.
1587 G. Turberville To Parker in Epit. & Sonn. 192 Their dice are very small,..Not shaking them awhit, they cast suspiciously.
1612 Sir R. Naunton in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 118 As if I were too suspiciously inward with Sir F. Gr.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 64 There were Arabs at Mendeli who looked suspiciously.
1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. vi. 80 He returned..bringing with him a suspiciously looking box.
1862 Morning Standard 24 Mar. The sentence above quoted..which looks suspiciously like the Delphic utterance of some South Kensingtonian oracle.
1902 V. Jacob Sheep-stealers xiv ‘Oi,’ was the reply, which came from suspiciously near the keyhole.
2. In a way showing suspicion; with suspicion; suspectingly.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adverb]
suspiciously1549
mistrustingly1552
misdoubtfully1575
diffidently1581
mistrustfully1589
distrustfully1611
jealouslya1665
disconfidently1666
misgivingly1850
askance1951
sus1958
1549 in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1681) II. Records 176 I talked in the Matter so suspiciously, as though such an Invasion had been made.
1599 Life Sir T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 70 He would never sinisterlie or suspiciouslie take anie thing written, done, or spoken against him.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey iii. 157 The Romanes did keepe a garrison, suspiciously ouer-eying the Temple.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xxxvi. 27 Is it a pledge you are demanding from me? said Harold, rather suspiciously.
1868 M. E. Braddon Run to Earth xxv This man looked very suspiciously at the visitor.
1892 ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 2nd Ser. 24 They watch one another suspiciously.
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