epäillysti

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈepæi̯lːystiˣ/, [ˈe̞pæi̯lˌlys̠ti(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ysti
• 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.

Further reading

• “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