fishily

Variant of fishy

adjective fishier, fishiest

  1. full of fish
  2. like a fish in odor, taste, etc., specif., strongly or undesirably so
  3. dull or expressionless: fishy eyes
  4. Origin: < fish story

    Informal
    1. causing doubt or suspicion; questionable: fishy behavior
    2. expressing doubt or suspicion: a fishy glance

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