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mistrustfully

adverb

as in suspiciously

with distrust our cat tends to view strangers mistrustfully

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suspiciously

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Yes, the suspiciously delicious chicken shelled out at mall food courts on toothpicks is most likely bourbon chicken.

— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
Families peered out at us suspiciously from curtainless windows in ramshackle brick dwellings.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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