All 8 Uses
incredulous
in
The Great Gatsby
(Edited)
- Her host looked at her incredulously.
p. 10.9incredulously = with disbelief
- "Crazy about him!" cried Myrtle incredulously.
p. 35.1incredulously = with difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- For a moment I suspected that he was pulling my leg, but a glance at him convinced me otherwise. ... With an effort I managed to restrain my incredulous laughter.
p. 66.1 *incredulous = disbelieving
- "She's embarrassed?" he repeated incredulously.
p. 87.9incredulously = with difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- "Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously.
p. 110.1incredulously = with disbelief
- He was incredulous.
p. 122.3incredulous = unbelieving; or having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- Then Tom's voice, incredulous and insulting: "You must have gone there about the time Biloxi went to New Haven."
p. 129.1incredulous = unbelieving
- Repeated Tom incredulously.
p. 130.1incredulously = with disbelief
Definitions:
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(1)
(incredulous) unbelieving; or having difficulty accepting something so unexpected
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)