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DISTRUSTFULLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distrustfully mean?
• DISTRUSTFULLY (adverb)
The adverb DISTRUSTFULLY has 1 sense:
1. with distrust
Familiarity information: DISTRUSTFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With distrust
Synonyms:
distrustfully; mistrustfully
Context example:
she looked at him distrustfully
Antonym:
trustfully (with trust; in a trusting manner)
Pertainym:
distrustful (having or showing distrust)
Context examples
The three looked at me, but not distrustfully; I felt there was no suspicion in their glances: there was more of curiosity.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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