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Adverbial fishily has 1 sense
- queerly, fishily - in a questionably unusual manner; "this money had been queerly come by"
Derived from adjective fishy1
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Term: fishily
Part of Speech: Adverb
Sense: in a suspicious or dubious manner
Usage:
- It seemed that Bob was fishily involved in the shady business deal.
- The witness answered the lawyer's questions fishily, arousing further doubt.
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Part of Speech: Adjective
Sense: resembling, relating to, or characteristic of a fish or fishes
Usage:
- The fishily smell of the dock indicated the presence of a nearby fish market.
- He made a fishily face as he attempted to imitate a swimming fish.
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