sceptically
Adverb
Meaning
with scepticism; in a sceptical manner
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he looked at her sceptically
In the 2000s, archaeologists explored other potential sites of the labyrinth. citation Oxford University geographer Nicholas Howarth believes that 'Evans’s hypothesis that the palace of Knossos is also the Labyrinth must be treated sceptically.'
On the whole, while electoral politics are still received sceptically among the religiously conscious Afghan youth, adamant anti-election rhetoric exists only among a small, but apparently growing minority, like Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Oldenburg's review of the Experimenta Nova (November 1672) in the Proceedings of the Royal Society sceptically observes: "How far this globe may be confided in, the Tryals and Consideration of some ingenious person here may perhaps inform us hereafter."
The French president's optimism came even though the liberal FDP views Macron's proposals for a common eurozone budget and finance minister sceptically.
This relatively speedy return surprised many who sceptically believed that the logic of war had gained the upper hand.