incredulously

adverb

as in quizzically

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Recent Examples of incredulously Jones asked his players incredulously. — Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026 Kizzi adds to his act by pretending to be a devoted fan while V looks on incredulously. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026 Bea incredulously finds out that Christy has been involved in a treasure hunt for years now, believing that there is a million dollars hidden somewhere in the state, planning and plotting her methods of finding it, and Christy is finally setting her plan in motion. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026 Goldsman asked incredulously, questioning the limits of the university’s authority over athletes. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Dec. 2025 Referring to news coverage of Tesla’s $1 trillion package for Elon Musk, Abramovic cursed at the thought incredulously. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025 Sanders interjected incredulously during a 2015 interview with the liberal columnist Ezra Klein. — W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025 Turner incredulously fired back. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025 Fans chanted for Bayley as Lyra stared at her incredulously. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incredulously
  1. quizzically
  2. questioningly
  3. hesitantly
  4. doubtfully
  5. suspiciously
  6. skeptically
  7. dubiously
  8. askance
Adverb
  • From lambs with quizzically cocked eyebrows, to lambs whose wooly coats are made of flower petals, to lambs that simply defy description.
    — Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.
    — Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Definition of quizzically
Adverb
  • Espinoza responded, holding up his hands questioningly.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Bundhorol motioned to the direction of camp questioningly, then in the opposite direction, out into the empty grass.
    — Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2025
Definition of questioningly
Adverb
  • In Broad Strokes, Cohen advances her character further toward a new frontier, though gently and hesitantly.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 July 2026
  • The many attending assistants around her eventually disperse — a little hesitantly because Sam is in the middle of preparing a new show — and the two withdraw to Sam’s cavernous studio.
    — Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of hesitantly
Adverb
  • But in this case, the story is very doubtfully true.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Definition of doubtfully
Adverb
  • After a minute or two, a spray of water came from the hole, smelling suspiciously like the Newtown Creek.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
  • An officer alleged that a man in a Diablo vest was acting suspiciously and may have been potentially involved in the incident.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Definition of suspiciously
Adverb
  • Overall, the address was taken seriously in partisan pro-Trump media circles, while it was treated skeptically everywhere else.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • As reflected in an email thread used in the Watson case, Valentine reacted skeptically in 2019 when a colleague told her a particular hospital wanted to exit its contract with Mead Johnson.
    — David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of skeptically
Adverb
  • The details of how the Padres finally put to bed an 8-7 victory with Ty France’s tiebreaking home run and three scoreless innings from the bullpen were almost footnotes to the game’s dubiously historic beginning.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • The decision last fall followed clumsy discussion by Kennedy’s dubiously qualified advisors, who make up the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Definition of dubiously
Adverb
  • Candidates and their backers also typically knock on doors to get signatures, but that’s not an option this year as people look askance at strangers on their doorsteps.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2020
  • True, lots of good white progressives look askance at businessmen who amass vast fortunes.
    — John Powers, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2020
Definition of askance

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