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disbelievingly

disbelievingly adverb: in a disbelieving manner.

Adverb

disbelievingly (comparative more disbelievingly, superlative most disbelievingly)

  1. In a disbelieving manner.
    • "How much do you want?" I looked at him disbelievingly.1958, A.G. Yates, The Cold Dark Hours, Sydney: Horwitz, published 1963, page 51

Forms of disbelievingly

comparativemore disbelievingly
superlativemost disbelievingly

Origin of disbelievingly

From disbelieving + -ly.

Questions about disbelievingly

What does disbelievingly mean?
Disbelievingly means in a disbelieving manner.
What part of speech is disbelievingly?
Disbelievingly is an adverb.

Words near disbelievingly in the dictionary

  1. disbelieved
  2. disbeliever
  3. disbelievers
  4. disbelieves
  5. disbelieving
  6. disbelievingly
  7. disbench
  8. disbenched
  9. disbenches
  10. disbenching
  11. disbenchment

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