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Definition
doubtful (that something is true or worthwhile)
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe
- I guess finding God is like seeing a ghost—you can be a skeptic until you come face-to-face with what you said doesn't exist.
- I felt as if I'd been poleaxed, which surely qualified me for medical attention—but I didn't think that even the most gifted physician could cure a skeptic who'd come to see the light: I could not remain as emotionally unattached from my client as I'd believed.
There are no more uses of "skeptical" in Change of Heart by Picoult.
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