as in suspiciously
with distrust
to say that I read the stories in the tabloids distrustfully is putting it mildly
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Adverb
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When news breaks of developments in the war, the coordination between the media is clear and suspiciously similar.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025 -
Those wedding bells sound suspiciously like a Taylor Swift song.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Mackenize singles out a Dari-speaking immigrant named Rahim (Elham Ehsas) and his elderly parents as the residents warily pour out of a nearby apartment building, knowing that audiences’ imaginations (and biases) will start to suggest how this character might relate to the bigger picture.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Despite Mamdani’s triangulation, Democratic leaders have continued to eye him warily.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Distrustfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distrustfully. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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