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 and divides as scep-ti-cal-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.