All 3 Uses
skeptical
in
My Antonia
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- 'See that you don't forget to,' said Mrs. Harling sceptically, as she took up her crocheting again and sent the hook in and out with nimble fingers.†
Book 2 *unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use skeptically.
- —she maintained her bitter scepticism, and the curtain fell on her dancing recklessly with the others, after Armand had been sent away with his flower.†
Book 3unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use skepticism.
- His habitual scepticism was like a direct inheritance from that old woman.†
Book 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(skeptical) doubtful (that something is true or worthwhile)
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)