All 4 Uses of
skeptical
in
War and Peace
- Though some skeptics smiled when told of Berg's merits, it could not be denied that he was a painstaking and brave officer, on excellent terms with his superiors, and a moral young man with a brilliant career before him and an assured position in society.†
Chpt 6
- This amazed Nicholas and even made him regard Bolkonski's courtship skeptically.†
Chpt 7 *
- The old prince had changed in appearance only by the loss of a tooth, which left a noticeable gap on one side of his mouth; in character he was the same as ever, only showing still more irritability and skepticism as to what was happening in the world.†
Chpt 9
- At first her intervention in the business of packing was received skeptically.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(skeptical) doubtful (that something is true or worthwhile)
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe