sceptical
adjective
sceptically
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a word derived from
sceptical.
Example Sentences
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Others in industry, too, see Habeck's timeline for when ties can be cut sceptically.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2022
I ask whether he thinks his personal stability comes from having grown up in a stable family, and he looks at me sceptically.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2020
Margaret Beckett, the opposition's deputy leader, was among members of Parliament who shook her head sceptically at Major's explanation.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2020
Weary journalists are watching balcony movements, scrutinising tweets, responding sceptically to every statement which speaks of progress, and mulling over leaks from inside which strike a more pessimistic note.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2015
It was by no means certain, too, what the heroine did, or why she did it; and if one had been sceptically minded, one would have doubted whether the author knew herself.
From The Daughters of a Genius by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
