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Superlative for having doubts or uncertainty (about something or someone)
“Acton's medical contemporaries, for instance, were skeptical about his claims.”
Superlative for predisposed to be skeptical of claims
“She was a naturally skeptical woman, but I was pleased to see that she seemed to admire the machine.”
Superlative for given to the use of skeptical irony or sarcasm
“The fact that Browne followed Lushington on the Corbett trail to Norwich is evidence that the author of the Religio was infected by the playful yet serious and skeptical wit of his tutor.”
Superlative for deviating from mainstream or accepted opinion or dogma
Superlative for having views or attitudes which are considered blasphemous
Superlative for displaying, or characterized by, jealousy or a lack of trust
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