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fishy
/ ˈfɪʃɪ /
adjective
- of, involving, or suggestive of fish
- abounding in fish
- informal.suspicious, doubtful, or questionable
their leaving at the same time looked fishy
- dull and lifeless
a fishy look
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Derived Forms
- ˈfishily, adverb
- ˈfishiness, noun
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Other Words From
- fishi·ly adverb
- fishi·ness noun
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Example Sentences
It was without doubt all very fishy, but Richard left no fingerprints.
The Israeli explanation of the Eilat attack seemed fishy from the get-go.
But there are several other elements in the alleged plot that smell fishy.
Plus, as a politician he knows how fishy this heart mumbo jumbo looks.
They were found in a motel room, along with a dead preacher, and there is something awfully fishy about the whole situation.
The east pier, as far as it was dry, was covered by the fashion and beauty—as well as by the fishy and tarry—of the town.
I don't like the look of this Krell, and his story about all the officers being killed in the explosion sounds fishy to me.
There's something fishy about this thing somehow, something fishy that includes Maria Fulton and Morley.
The redness of his face gave signs that he was not far from choking, and out of his fishy eyes there rolled genuine tears.
It is not a village; it is not more fishy than other towns along the shore; and I have never pitied myself for belonging to it.
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