suspiciously[adverb]Synonyms: askance, distrustfully, doubtfully, mistrustfully, skeptically
Antonyms: unsuspiciously
Related Words: distrustingly,
mistrustingly [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
sus‧pi‧cious‧ly /səˈspɪʃəsli/
adverb [
Word Family: adjective:
suspect,
suspected,
unsuspecting,
suspicious;
noun:
suspect,
suspicion;
verb:
suspect;
adverb:
suspiciously]
1. in a way that shows you think someone has done something wrong or dishonest:
Meg looked at me suspiciously.
‘What do you want it for?’ he asked suspiciously.2. in a way that makes people think that something bad or illegal is happening:
He saw two youths acting suspiciously.
He seemed to be taking a suspiciously long time.
This sounded suspiciously like an attempt to get rid of me.3. in a way that shows you do not trust something or someone:
They eyed the food suspiciously. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲