Synonyms for suspiciously
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : suh-spish-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : səˈspɪʃ əs |
Définition of suspiciously
Origin :- "deserving of or exciting suspicion," mid-14c., from Old French suspecious, from Latin suspiciosus "exciting suspicion" (see suspicion). Meaning "full of or inclined to feel suspicion" is attested from c.1400. Edgar Allan Poe (c.1845) proposed suspectful to take one of the two conflicting senses. Related: suspiciously; suspiciousness.
- adv doubtingly
- Mrs. McKee eyed her suspiciously, but Tillie's face showed no emotion.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Rosenfeld eyed him suspiciously, but, possessing a sense of humor also, he grinned.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Dorcas Jane, who was eleven and a half and not at all imaginative, eyed him suspiciously.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- You, my reader, will probably have glanced at it as suspiciously as did Arthur Channing.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- It was an old, black-looking piece of wood, and I glanced at it suspiciously.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Coryston walked up the garden path, looking about him suspiciously.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- They paused with instant alarm, and looked at each other suspiciously.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- He sprang away from it, and from a distance studied it suspiciously.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- She looked at Grace keenly, suspiciously, but with no sign of recognition.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- She was rather pale, and her eyes were of a suspiciously excessive brightness.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
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