All 4 Uses of
skeptical
in
Jane Eyre
- Little sceptic, you SHALL be convinced.†
Chpt 23 *
- I was so hurt by her coldness and scepticism, that the tears rose to my eyes.†
Chpt 24
- Whereupon I told her not to mind his badinage; and she, on her part, evinced a fund of genuine French scepticism: denominating Mr. Rochester "un vrai menteur," and assuring him that she made no account whatever of his "contes de fee," and that "du reste, il n'y avait pas de fees, et quand meme il y en avait:" she was sure they would never appear to him, nor ever give him rings, or offer to live with him in the moon.†
Chpt 24
- We may, perhaps, succeed in restoring her to them, if she is not obstinate: but I trace lines of force in her face which make me sceptical of her tractability.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(skeptical) doubtful (that something is true or worthwhile)
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe