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Definition of fishy adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fishy

adjective
 
/ˈfɪʃi/
 
/ˈfɪʃi/
(comparative fishier, superlative fishiest)
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  1. (informal) seeming or likely to be wrong, illegal or dishonest synonym suspicious
    • There's something fishy going on here.
    • I don’t know what they’re up to. It sounds a distinctly fishy business.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    adverb
    • very
    • definitely
    • a little
    phrases
    • something fishy
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  2. smelling or tasting like a fish
    • What's that fishy smell?
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