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SKEPTICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skeptically mean?
• SKEPTICALLY (adverb)
The adverb SKEPTICALLY has 1 sense:
1. with scepticism; in a sceptical manner
Familiarity information: SKEPTICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With scepticism; in a sceptical manner
Synonyms:
sceptically; skeptically
Context example:
he looked at her sceptically
Context examples
"I don't think it's so much that," argued Lucille skeptically; "it's more that he was a German spy during the war."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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