Incredulously
[in'kredjuləsli]
Definition
(adv.) in an incredulous manner; 'the woman looked up at her incredulously'.
Editor: Segre--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.
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Examples
- Ingratitude is to be sure a heinous sin, said Fanny shaking her head, and laughing incredulously. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Guppy looked incredulously at his friend, and at his mother, who suddenly turned very angry, and at the floor, and at the ceiling. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Archer looked at her incredulously. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Partly, replied Miss Keeldar, smiling rather incredulously; but you are a peculiar personage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I smiled incredulously. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He looked incredulously at the house, and then he wheeled about, and looked more incredulously still at me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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