Sentence examples for skeptically from inspiring English sources

"skeptically" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it when expressing doubt or disbelief, as in "He looked skeptically at the tall claim his friend had just made."

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skeptically

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In a skeptical manner, with skepticism.

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Clinton has long been viewed skeptically on the left of the Democratic party because of her support of the Iraq war and ties to Wall Street.

The Scottish philosopher David Hume, more skeptically, argued in probabilistic but nonmathematical language beginning in 1748 that the testimonies supporting miracles were automatically suspect, deriving as they generally did from uneducated persons, lovers of the marvelous.

During the early 1930s Evans had worked only occasionally (and skeptically) as a professional photographer, preferring to live precariously from occasional assignments, often from friends.

In regard to the relationship of humanity to the world, many Eastern religions (especially Hinduism) have a definite skeptically tinged negative view of all reality, which is especially pronounced in contrast to the Christian doctrine of creation.

He argued that the theories of Descartes, Malebranche, Benedict de Spinoza, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, when skeptically analyzed, cast in doubt all beliefs about the world, even the belief that the world exists.

In addition, his frequent attempts to reach out to Muslims were greeted skeptically by some Republicans, especially after the September 11 attacks.

In Naples he skeptically witnessed the liquefaction of the blood of the city's patron saint.

His discoveries and theories, first published in Trojanische Alterthümer (1874; Troy and Its Remains), were received skeptically by many scholars, but others including the prime minister of England, William Ewart Gladstone, himself a classical scholar, and a wide public accepted Schliemann's identification.

"Would a reduction in the COLA apply to disabled veterans' " benefits, Durbin asked skeptically.

There was even a garage — not a given in Westmount — although Ismail wondered aloud, skeptically, whether it was large enough to accommodate Subban's truck.

And judges are already looking more skeptically at banks' legal claims.

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