skeptically

1. 1.

   with scepticism; in a sceptical manner

   “he looked at her sceptically”

   Synonymssceptically

Questions about skeptically

What does skeptically mean?

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

How many syllables are in skeptically?

skeptically has 4 syllables: skep-ti-cal-ly. The stress falls on "skep". In IPA it is /ˈskɛptɪkəli/.

What is another word for skeptically?

Close synonyms include sceptically. 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 skeptically a common word?

skeptically 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.