He saw two youths acting suspiciously.suspiciouslysus‧pi‧cious‧ly /səˈspɪʃəsli/ adverb 
Meg looked at me suspiciously. ‘What do you want it for?’ he asked suspiciously.2in 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.3in a way that shows you do not trust something or someone: They eyed the food suspiciously.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The soldiers watched us suspiciously.
- At first such logic sounds suspiciously circular, but that is its beauty.
- But in fact the similarities between you and Sybil are quite incredible - suspiciously so.
- In his known letters, Degas was as suspiciously silent about photography as his Impressionist associates.
- She studied me suspiciously and this strengthened my belief that Ralemberg had his own secrets.
- Something deep inside her stirred suspiciously, but no, it wasn't possible.
- The girl sitting next to her is somber and watches the teacher suspiciously.
- The soldiers regarded us suspiciously, but finally turned back to the partition where another woman was moaning in pain.
- Watching a neighbour put up a suspiciously large extension for which he supposedly has permission.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He saw two youths acting suspiciously. This sounded suspiciously like an attempt to get rid of me.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
He saw two youths acting suspiciously. This sounded suspiciously like an attempt to get rid of me.· The victim was attacked after spotting the men acting suspiciously at 3.25am outside his house in Bracknell, Berks.· Conor Matthews is blowing his lines and acting suspiciously like a drunk.· I had Carradine walled up and down the street several times, acting suspiciously.· So when she sees a driver acting suspiciously, she calls the police.· Employees of oil companies in the city have been warned to be on the alert for anyone acting suspiciously near their offices.· And police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously.· Police have appealed to anyone who may have seen people acting suspiciously in the area of the hospital to contact them.· The 51-year-old noticed the youths acting suspiciously in a Middlesbrough pub.
· What do you mean? he asked suspiciously.
· Cranston looked suspiciously at his wife.· He stared at the students; this fresh batch looked suspiciously like the one that had just left.· She looked suspiciously and said how far, how long etc.· Yet classes obviously existed; so did something that looked suspiciously like class conflict.· Not quite, but this looks suspiciously like the death throes.· Then a thick envelope arrived in the mail, containing something that looked suspiciously like airline tickets.· He looked suspiciously at the man next to him.· That was really funny and he looked suspiciously close to laughter.
· It sounds suspiciously like getting everything without working for it.· The question sounded suspiciously like a setup.· That sounds suspiciously like sports, I think to myself.· At first such logic sounds suspiciously circular, but that is its beauty.· Instead, the rookie analyst sounded suspiciously like a veteran house man.
WORD FAMILYadjectivesuspectsuspectedunsuspectingsuspiciousnounsuspectsuspicionverbsuspectadverbsuspiciously
1in 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.2in 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.3in a way that shows you do not trust something or someone: They eyed the food suspiciously.