incredulously

[in-krej-uh-luhs-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that indicates or shows disbelief.

   He looked incredulously at the lime jello embedded with tuna and mini marshmallows and asked, "Do people actually eat that?"

2. to a degree that is very difficult to believe; incredibly.

   And then the defendant made a statement that was so incredulously stupid I had to laugh.

Usage

Are incredulously and incredibly synonyms? See incredibly ( def. ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of incredulously¹

First recorded in 1800–10; incredulous ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

They will gaze incredulously as you attempt, over and over again, to pop the board onto a rail and slide along.

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When asked how she knew that, she gesticulated and pointed at her eyes, and shook her head incredulously.

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"Just imagine a particle or a dust particle falling into this," Mr Ninios says to me incredulously.

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"Just imagine a particle or a dust particle falling into this," Ninios says to me incredulously.

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Soon after the new policy went into effect, Paul Duke, Uni High’s dean of students, said that a teacher pulled him aside to tell him, incredulously, that students were actually paying attention to his lessons.

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