suspiciously

Variant of suspicious

suspicious definition

sus·pi·cious (-əs)

adjective

  1. arousing or likely to arouse suspicion in others
  2. showing or expressing suspicion
    1. feeling suspicion
    2. tending habitually to suspect, esp. to suspect evil

Etymology: ME suspecious < OFr < L suspiciosus

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