All 4 Uses of
skeptical
in
Crime and Punishment
- He is incredulous, sceptical, cynical…. he likes to impose on people, or rather to make fun of them.†
Chpt 3.4 *
- The last idea was the most revolting, but he was a sceptic, he was young, abstract, and therefore cruel, and so he could not help believing that the last end was the most likely.†
Chpt 4.4
- "Ah! you sceptical person!" laughed Svidrigailov.†
Chpt 5.5
- Oh, sceptics and halfpenny philosophers, why do you halt half-way!†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
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(skeptical) doubtful (that something is true or worthwhile)
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe