All 4 Uses of
skeptical
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Methuselah is an African Grey parrot with a fine scaly look to his head, a sharp skeptical eye like Miss Leep's, and a scarlet tail.†
Chpt 1 *
- Nelson stared at me with such pure, annoyed skepticism I was tempted to doubt my own word.†
Chpt 3skepticism = doubt (that something is true)
- So you'll forgive me if I'm skeptical, Brother Price.†
Chpt 3
- He was marked early on by his orphaned state, his displacement, his zealous skeptical mind, his aloneness.†
Chpt 5
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