Synonyms of skeptically

skeptically

adverb

as in suspiciously

with distrust

the researchers' findings should be received skeptically until they can be replicated by other scientists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suspiciously
• incredulously
• warily
• doubtfully
• sideways
• askance
• dubiously
• anxiously
• negatively
• distrustfully
• doubtingly
• critically
• hesitantly
• with a grain of salt
• quizzically
• questioningly
• hesitatingly
• mistrustfully
• uncomfortably
• guardedly
• unbelievingly
• cynically
• apprehensively
• disapprovingly
• uneasily
• reproachfully
• disparagingly
• unfavorably
• reprovingly
• charily
• deprecatingly
• captiously
• reproachingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• positively
• favorably
• approvingly
• trustingly
• confidently
• trustfully
• uncritically
• unquestioningly
• sanguinely
• credulously

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skeptically

Treat any such composite skeptically until independent validation catches up. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

No one can reliably do that, and any allocator or platform that implies otherwise should be treated skeptically. — Steven Brod, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

On Iran, though, the military strikes were viewed skeptically from the start. — Susan Page, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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

The threat to actually suspend State Farm’s license and its authority to write policies has been viewed skeptically by some, given its roughly 20% market share of the state’s home insurance market. — Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

If the federal government wants a role in election security again at some point, said Lux, the Florida voting official, they'll be invited back — skeptically. — Miles Parks, NPR, 16 June 2026

However, enthusiastically advocating for the empowering benefits of hypertext and hypermedia or skeptically warning against their manipulative potentials might not be the only available choice. — Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

And all the children looked at me, skeptically. — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026