All 4 Uses
skeptical
in
The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
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- I'd expected him to be just as skeptical about the nature of teenage love as I was.
p. 21.1 *skeptical = doubtful
- Casey still looked skeptical when she walked, with considerably less pep, to the locker room.†
p. 42.9
- Casey asked skeptically.
p. 142.8skeptically = in a doubtful manner (regarding the truth of something)
- She gave me a skeptical look before turning back to the road.†
p. 192.8
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)