sceptically

1. 1.

   with scepticism; in a sceptical manner

   “he looked at her sceptically”

   Synonymsskeptically

Questions about sceptically

What does sceptically mean?

sceptically means "with scepticism; in a sceptical manner".

How many syllables are in sceptically?

sceptically has 4 syllables: scep-ti-cal-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for sceptically?

Close synonyms include skeptically. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sceptically a common word?

sceptically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.