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misbelievingly

misbelievingly adverb: synonym of disbelievingly.

Adverb

misbelievingly (comparative more misbelievingly, superlative most misbelievingly)

  1. Synonym of disbelievingly.
    • If he had been told of such a woman he would have shrugged his shoulders misbelievingly, or would have declared that she must be an idiot.1882, Mary Elizabeth Bradden, Mount Royal
    • He tried to make it ring misbelievingly, a joke, as if he was still assuming something else.1950, Rose Thurburn, The Wilderness is Yours, page 145
    Synonyms:
    disbelievingly

Synonyms of misbelievingly

Forms of misbelievingly

comparativemore misbelievingly
superlativemost misbelievingly

Origin of misbelievingly

From misbelieving + -ly.

Questions about misbelievingly

What does misbelievingly mean?
Misbelievingly means synonym of disbelievingly.
What part of speech is misbelievingly?
Misbelievingly is an adverb.

Words near misbelievingly in the dictionary

  1. misbelieved
  2. misbeliever
  3. misbelievers
  4. misbelieves
  5. misbelieving
  6. misbelievingly
  7. misbelievings
  8. misbeseem
  9. misbeseemed
  10. misbeseeming
  11. misbeseems

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