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Luckily this also meant I could unsuspiciously carry a backpack with my Cornell hockey jersey and sweatshirt while also hiding the children’s book and engagement ring.

From New York Times • May 12, 2020

A word or two spoken, quite unsuspiciously, by Doctor Mervyn that morning, had touched a sensitive nerve, and awakened a very acute anxiety in Mr. Marston's mind.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

He answered unsuspiciously that of her grace he had learned the reefs fairly.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence

‘Oh, yes,’ answered Barbara, unsuspiciously, ‘the boys always call me the Babe, or––’ The peals of laughter that interrupted her puzzled her a good deal.

From The Youngest Girl in the School by Sharp, Evelyn

And so they came on, quite unsuspiciously, and when the little steamer had towed them clear of the mouth of the harbor, she let them go, and they made sail.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael