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doubtingly



ADVERB
dubiously
Synonyms


ADVERB
skeptically
Synonyms
STRONGEST


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Wallingford was so large that he seemed to crowd the little shop and absorb all its light, and he approached the cigar case doubtingly, surveying its contents with the eye of a connoisseur.

From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by George Randolph Chester

Whenever he ventured his chances in life, things had turned out ill; all his lottery tickets were blanks, and he shook his head doubtingly, and made no reply.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Charles James Lever

It is Don Estevan who thus doubtingly interrogates, his eyes fixed on a solitary eminence seen afar over the plain.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid

"I don't know," said Cave, slowly and doubtingly.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever

"Why, your worship," replied Mrs. Bunce, doubtingly, "I reckon she must be fifty—or thereabouts!"

From Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' by John Wight




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