DOUBTFULLY Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

doubtfully

adverb

Definition of doubtfully

as in suspiciously

with distrust we followed our guide doubtfully, keeping our eyes open at all times

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Recent Examples of doubtfully But in this case, the story is very doubtfully true. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

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Yes, the suspiciously delicious chicken shelled out at mall food courts on toothpicks is most likely bourbon chicken.

— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
Families peered out at us suspiciously from curtainless windows in ramshackle brick dwellings.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of suspiciously

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My producer Harriet Taylor and I stood incredulously and watched cargoes of Putin’s gas steam into the Port of Rotterdam.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
Boos rained down from Superdome stands, and Saints coach Kellen Moore gestured incredulously with his arms out to his side and palms up when officials, following a video review, upheld the call of a fumble.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

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