adv. Obs. rare. [f. SUSPECT a. + -LY2. Cf. OF. suspectement.] In a way open to suspicion; suspiciously. So Suspectness (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.
