fishily
- a word derived from fishy.
Example Sentences
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So when Spero posts a time-series chart of hundreds of articles showing when a journalist’s output started sounding fishily like ChatGPT, I am inclined to believe it.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
Posted by the official Game of Thrones YouTube account, the video displays footage from the Season 8 world premiere set to a beat that sounds fishily like the “Starboy” singer’s music.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2019
He moved his hand fishily in the air, unable to describe what he imagined.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
I went on with my breakfast, and Mr. Pumblechook continued to stand over me, staring fishily and breathing noisily, as he always did.
From Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles
For the majority, the entire story was fishily preposterous.
From Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days by Bennett, Arnold
