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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1540, 1597
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(Suspiciously,) Suspitiouslie, Suspitiuslie, adv. [Late ME and e.m.E. suspeciouslye (1472), suspiciously (1549); Suspicious adj.] In such a way as to arouse suspicion. — 1597 Misc. Maitl. C. I 128.
William Davie … and Margaret Robertsone … quha be thair awin confessionis ar fund to have bein togethir in hir hous verie suspitiuslie c1540 Criminal Trials I i 228.
Agmenting all thingis alse suspitiouslie as thay possibillie could, … his mischevous naturall, his reddie wit … [they] perswadit the king not to releive [him]
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