incredulously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English incredulous

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English incredulously

From incredulous + -ly.

Adverb

incredulously (comparative more incredulously, superlative most incredulously)

1. In an incredulous manner; tending to disbelieve; skeptically.
   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 119:

     "Sure you never heard of him?" he asked incredulously. "Never," I said flatly.

Translations

in an incredulous manner

• Finnish: epäilevästi (fi)
• Swedish: misstroget (sv)