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suspiciously adverb strangely, worryingly, disturbingly The tan-coloured dog looks suspiciously like an American pit bull terrier. Translations suspiciously [səsˈpɪʃəslɪ] ADV 1. (= mistrustfully) [look, ask] → con recelo, con desconfianza 2. (= causing suspicion) [behave, act] → de modo sospechoso their essays were suspiciously similar → sus trabajos se parecían sospechosamente he arrived suspiciously early → llegó sospechosamente pronto to look suspiciously like sth → tener todo el aspecto de ser algo the stain looked suspiciously like blood → la mancha tenía todo el aspecto de ser de sangre a man who looked suspiciously like her husband → un hombre que se parecía sospechosamente a su marido it looks suspiciously like measles to me → para mí que or (LAm) se me hace que es sarampión suspiciously [səˈspɪʃəsli] adv (= with suspicion) [ask, look at] → avec méfiance (= arousing suspicion) [act, behave] → de manière suspecte; [large, quiet] It was suspiciously quiet BUT Il régnait un calme suspect. Police were told to arrest voters found with suspiciously large sums of money in their pockets → La police avait ordre d'arrêter les électeurs en possession de sommes d'argent trop importantes pour être honnêtes. to look suspiciously like sth (= be very similar to) → ressembler à s'y méprendre à qch to sound suspiciously like sth (= sound very similar to) → ressembler à s'y méprendre à qch `Yes,' he replied, though it sounded suspiciously like a question → "Oui", répondit-il, mais sa réponse ressemblait à s'y méprendre à une question. suspiciously adv (= with suspicion) examine, glance, ask → argwöhnisch, misstrauisch (= causing suspicion) behave, act → verdächtig (= probably) → verdächtig; it looks suspiciously like measles to me → das sieht mir verdächtig nach Masern aus; it sounds suspiciously as though … → es hört sich verdächtig danach an, als ob … suspiciously [səˈspɪʃəslɪ] adv (look) → con sospetto; (behave) → in modo sospetto it looks suspiciously like measles → ha tutta l'aria di essere morbillo suspiciously [səˈspɪʃəslɪ] adv (look) → con sospetto; (behave) → in modo sospetto it looks suspiciously like measles → ha tutta l'aria di essere morbillo How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She looked suspiciously at the sack and wondered where everybody was? The waiter looked at me suspiciously as I made my way upstairs. inquired the King, suspiciously, for he knew how greedy the Growleywogs were. |
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