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SKEPTICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skeptically mean? 

SKEPTICALLY (adverb)
  The adverb SKEPTICALLY has 1 sense:

1. with scepticism; in a sceptical mannerplay

  Familiarity information: SKEPTICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SKEPTICALLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

With scepticism; in a sceptical manner

Synonyms:

sceptically; skeptically

Context example:

he looked at her sceptically


 Context examples 


"I don't think it's so much that," argued Lucille skeptically; "it's more that he was a German spy during the war."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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