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Definition of Fishily
1. Adverb. In a questionably unusual manner. "This money had been queerly come by"
Definition of Fishily
1. Adverb. In a fishy manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fishily
1. in a fishy manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishily
Literary usage of Fishily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1898)
"... to let in the morning light, and each door had its little ford of stones
running across the gutter that sped down the street, smelling fishily a bit, ..."
2. Aunt Jo's Scrap-bag by Louisa May Alcott (1879)
"The stroll came first, and while my friend paused at one of the fishily-fragrant
houses by the way, to interview her washerwoman, ..."
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