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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
- Sticky, irritated that Kate hadn't been frightened in the dark drain, was inclined to be skeptical.p. 40.5
- Constance was more skeptical.p. 84.1
- Not only have those agencies been dismantled — and a number of good men and women gone missing — but officials formerly attentive to my remarks have grown skeptical of them.p. 103.7
- But not only are they skeptical to begin with, Number Two and I — and a few of the other assistants — are the only people who have understood him.p. 105.6
- Constance seemed skeptical about this.p. 186.6
- These officials had never believed him before, but their former skepticism had crumbled under the weight of new developments.p. 474.1
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