suspīcĭōsē
Meaning
- in a way to raise mistrust
suspīcĭōsē (suspit-, v. suspicio
I. init.), adv. suspiciosus, in a way to raise mistrust or suspicion, suspiciously:
criminose ac suspitiose dicere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; id. Deiot. 6, 17; Quint. 4, 2, 81; Sen. Contr. 3 prooem.— Comp.: suspitiosius aut criminosius dicere, Cic. Brut. 34, 131.— Sup. seems not to occur.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
suspīciōsē or suspītiosē adv. with comp.
suspiciosus, in a suspicious manner, causing mistrust, suspiciously : quae argui suspitiose possunt, to excite distrust : suspitiosius dicere.