单词 | sceptically |
释义 | scepticallyskepticallyadv. In a sceptical manner; like a sceptic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > [adverb] scepticly1633 sceptically1671 Pyrrhonically1710 1633 R. James in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 9 I, who skeptiklye scarce dare..speake.] 1671 J. Webster Metallographia v. 84 Things being yet so far from being certainly known that I dare but Sceptically treat of them. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. ii. 74 He condescended still, on many occasions, to speak sceptically, and with some Hesitation and Reserve, as to the Certainty of these Divine Exhibitions. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iii. 203 Even this [the atomic theory] has been sceptically accepted by our cautious school of philosophy. 1884 Harper's Mag. May 908 ‘Where did they get the banjo?’ asked..Jones, skeptically. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adv.1671 |
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