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incredulously

incredulously adverb: in an incredulous manner; tending to disbelieve; skeptically.

Adverb

incredulously (comparative more incredulously, superlative most incredulously)

  1. In an incredulous manner; tending to disbelieve; skeptically.
    • "Sure you never heard of him?" he asked incredulously. "Never," I said flatly.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 119

Forms of incredulously

comparativemore incredulously
superlativemost incredulously

Origin of incredulously

From incredulous + -ly.

Questions about incredulously

What does incredulously mean?
Incredulously means in an incredulous manner; tending to disbelieve; skeptically.
What part of speech is incredulously?
Incredulously is an adverb.

Words near incredulously in the dictionary

  1. increds
  2. incredulities
  3. incredulity
  4. incredulosity
  5. incredulous
  6. incredulously
  7. incredulousness
  8. increep
  9. increeping
  10. increeps
  11. incremable

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