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Definition of "skeptically" [skeptically]

  • In a skeptical manner, with skepticism. (adverb)

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Use "skeptically" in a sentence
  • "One candidate the gun lobby views skeptically is Rudy Giuliani, R-New York."
  • "I had watched his first term skeptically, of course, because I still was certain that Humphrey would have made a better president and because I found myself opposed to so much of Nixon’s agenda."
  • "In my dreams, it always turned out that the bad people chasing me (usually enemies in a war or whatever) were not so bad after all, but I just looked at my subconscious kind of skeptically when it fed me that line."
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