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

Example sentences :

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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