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adjective
1.
2.
showing doubt: a skeptical smile.
4.
(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Skeptics or Skepticism.
Also, sceptical.
Related forms
skep·ti·cal·ly, adverb
skep·ti·cal·ness, noun
an·ti·skep·ti·cal, adjective
non·skep·ti·cal, adjective
o·ver·skep·ti·cal, adjective
EXPANDo·ver·skep·ti·cal·ly, adverb
o·ver·skep·ti·cal·ness, noun
un·skep·ti·cal, adjective
un·skep·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Skeptically
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- Munching on a salad at his son's school here, he peers skeptically at a.
- He lacks the intelligence to be skeptically open-minded.
- But when the conference was from the first regarded skeptically by the market, and when foreign exchange, which is much more.
Collins
| skeptic (ˈskɛptɪk) | |
| —n, —adj | |
| an archaic, and the usual US, spelling of sceptic | |
| 'skeptical | |
| —adj | |
| 'skeptically | |
| —adv | |
| 'skepticalness | |
| —n | |
| 'skepticism | |
| —n | |
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