Suspiciously

adverb

Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.adverb(manner) In a way suggesting suspicion.

"The police officer looked at her suspiciously."

2.adverb(manner) In a way that arouses suspicion.

"She was behaving very suspiciously."

3.adverb(evaluative) Causing suspicion.

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

4.adverb(degree) To a degree that makes one suspect something.

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

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