† suˈspectly, adv. Obs. rare.
[f. suspect a. + -ly2. Cf. OF. suspectement.]
In a way open to suspicion; suspiciously. So suˈspectness (rare—1), the state of being suspected.
| 1422 Hoccleve Compl. 292 Neythar still nor lowde knew they me do suspectly. 1477 Cov. Leet Bk. 420 Yf eny persone hereaftur resorte vnto this Cite suspectly. a 1577 Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. ii. xxii. (1584) 74 Any that liueth idle and suspectly [so ed. 1589; ed. 1609 suspectedly]. 1898 A. F. Leach Beverley Act Bk. (Surtees) I. p. lxxv, J. Binder had been in the usual state of suspectness with the ladies. |