incredulously


Also found in: Thesaurus.

in·cred·u·lous

 (ĭn-krĕj′ə-ləs)
adj.
1. Skeptical; disbelieving: incredulous of stories about flying saucers.
2. Expressive of disbelief: an incredulous stare.

[From Latin incrēdulus : in-, not; see in-1 + crēdulus, believing; see credulous.]

in·cred′u·lous·ly adv.
in·cred′u·lous·ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.incredulously - in an incredulous mannerincredulously - in an incredulous manner; "the woman looked up at her incredulously"
believingly, credulously - in a credulous manner; "the children followed the teacher credulously"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations

incredulously

[ɪnˈkredjʊləslɪ] ADVcon incredulidad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

incredulously

[ɪnˈkrɛdjʊləsli] adv [say] → avec incrédulité
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

incredulously

advungläubig, skeptisch; look alsozweifelnd
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

incredulously

[ɪnˈkrɛdjʊləslɪ] advincredulamente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
He looked incredulously at the house, and then he wheeled about, and looked more incredulously still at me.
"No!" said Adam incredulously, amused in spite of himself.
I should like to see it," said Kennedy, incredulously.
He stared incredulously at the small array of bottles and turned swiftly around.
Glancing over her exercise, I found that several lines had been omitted, but what was written contained very few faults; I instantly inscribed "Bon" at the bottom of the page, and returned it to her; she smiled, at first incredulously, then as if reassured, but did not lift her eyes; she could look at me, it seemed, when perplexed and bewildered, but not when gratified; I thought that scarcely fair.
I laughed incredulously as Sherlock Holmes leaned back in his settee and blew little wavering rings of smoke up to the ceiling.
Archer looked at her incredulously. "Have you forgotten," he asked with a smile, "that in our country we don't allow our marriages to be arranged for us?"
"Norah, you're not fond of me, are you?" he asked, incredulously.
He shook his head incredulously; and even more abashed, I said that though I was living with my wife as he advised, I was not living with her as her husband.
"Anne, your story hasn't come back?" cried Diana incredulously.
"No!" she cried incredulously, swiftly looking, then running for the telescope.
"Never the Awkward Man himself!" I exclaimed incredulously.