incredulously

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Recent Examples of incredulously Fans chanted for Bayley as Lyra stared at her incredulously. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Carolyn responds incredulously while showing a sign of disgust on her face. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incredulously
Adverb
  • 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
  • Daedone looked at me quizzically.
    Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • His crossing has often been a source of frustration, sometimes ballooning the ball too often, taking too long to put it into the area or cutting back on himself hesitantly.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The clip shows the massive American bully hesitantly backing away from a tiny, energetic puppy.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That forecast might sound suspiciously familiar to skeptics who have seen such decadal predictions come and go in the past.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Witnesses told police that two vehicles had been seen driving around Rodeo, shortly before the homicide, acting suspiciously.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The media has covered these claims skeptically.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Firearms industry veteran Rob Pincus, who runs his own training regime, Personal Defense Network, looked skeptically at the new program, but was measured in his critique.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Be careful, people might be acting dubiously on this day, particularly with money.
    Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 22 Aug. 2025
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

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“Incredulously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incredulously. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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