epäillysti

Finnish

Etymology

epäilty (“suspect, suspected”) +‎ -sti (“-ly”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈepæi̯lːystiˣ/, [ˈe̞pæi̯lˌlys̠ti(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ysti
  • Syllabification(key): e‧päil‧lys‧ti
  • Hyphenation(key): epäil‧lys‧ti

Adverb

epäillysti

  1. suspectedly

Usage notes

While the usage of this adverb is acceptable, a structure using epäillä (“to suspect”) as a verb is generally preferred, unless doing so makes the sentence structure significantly more complicated.

Hän on epäillysti rikkonut lakia. → Hänen epäillään rikkoneen lakia.
He has suspectedly broken the law. → He is suspected to have broken the law.

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