skeptically
Word parts
[change]Adverb
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- If someone looks at or thinks about something skeptically, they wonder if or doubt that it is true or correct.
- Synonyms: warily, distrustfully and suspiciously
- She listened skeptically to his explanation because it sounded unlikely.
- He looked skeptically at the repair job, unsure it would last.