epäillysti
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
epäilty (“suspect, suspected”) + -sti (“-ly”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
epäillysti
Usage notes[edit]
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.
Further reading[edit]
- “epäillysti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02