Synonyms of suspiciously

suspiciously

adverb

as in incredulously

with distrust

eyed me suspiciously when I snapped my book shut and hurriedly stuffed it into my bag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• incredulously
• sideways
• warily
• dubiously
• doubtfully
• skeptically
• askance
• negatively
• anxiously
• distrustfully
• with a grain of salt
• critically
• doubtingly
• hesitantly
• uncomfortably
• mistrustfully
• quizzically
• questioningly
• unbelievingly
• hesitatingly
• guardedly
• cynically
• disapprovingly
• uneasily
• unfavorably
• apprehensively
• reproachfully
• disparagingly
• reprovingly
• charily
• deprecatingly
• captiously
• reproachingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• positively
• favorably
• trustingly
• approvingly
• confidently
• trustfully
• uncritically
• unquestioningly
• sanguinely
• credulously

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of suspiciously

Kelce showed a photo of a toilet that looked suspiciously like the one in the music video from Swift. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026

In Silent Hill 2, the game starts with James Sunderland reading a note from his dead wife, giving us a reason to move into this suspiciously foggy town. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Furthermore, the cover looks suspiciously like an entirely different book that also came out in 1984 and is also called Lizzie. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

As Kanter tells it, Sky owner Michael Alter alerted arena security that the former Boston Celtics and New York Knicks big man had suspiciously used a courtside ticket that wasn’t purchased in his name. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, Kyle and his usual pair of special-forces thugs track down a suspiciously large plane (as in, big enough to fly across the Atlantic) and an equally suspicious flight manifest. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026

The Future Has Arrived | Cybercab Unlike the case with virtually every other robotaxi business, Tesla kept this launch suspiciously quiet. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

During these walking meditations my notebook starts to feel suspiciously similar to the luckless young climber’s selfie camera. — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026

There comes a point in every woman’s life when a mid-calf floral skirt starts looking suspiciously like the best thing in your wardrobe. — Georgia Brown, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2026