rightly suspicious

Frequency: 6.04.1 per million words

Having good grounds for suspecting something.

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Examples (10)

  • She was rightly suspicious of his sudden generosity.
  • The villagers grew rightly suspicious when the stranger asked too many personal questions.
  • I'm rightly suspicious of any deal that seems too good to be true.
  • Their initial skepticism was rightly suspicious given the company's past failures.
  • The detective became rightly suspicious after noticing inconsistencies in the witness's statement.
  • Consumers are often rightly suspicious of products with exaggerated claims.
  • He felt rightly suspicious about the sudden change in the project's direction.
  • Given the circumstances, her colleagues were rightly suspicious of her motives.
  • The government was rightly suspicious of the foreign agent's activities.
  • One should always be rightly suspicious of unsolicited offers of large sums of money.