sceptical
[
skep
-ti-k
uh
l]
/ˈskɛp tɪ kəl/
adjective
1.
skeptical
.
Related forms
antisceptical,
adjective
hypersceptical,
adjective
hypersceptically,
adverb
hyperscepticalness,
noun
oversceptical,
adjective
oversceptically,
adverb
overscepticalness,
noun
unsceptical,
adjective
unsceptically,
adverb
Examples from the web for
sceptical
We need to be a bit
sceptical
about some of the more fevered claims, of course.
The study does not compare their performance with a
sceptical
control group.
People might be
sceptical
for many reasons but you are not privy to their motives.
There are other reasons to be
sceptical
about investing in the paper and pulp business.
People
sceptical
to climate-science are in general not under any influence of oil-companies.
But more
sceptical
observers suspect a political motivation.
The fact that we're all still able to debate the matter leaves me
sceptical
that it was.
The public has a right to be
sceptical
of claims that are based on non scientific principles and methods.
Some civil engineers are
sceptical
about whether such instrumentation is warranted.
They have been told that
sceptical
questions will be welcomed.
British Dictionary definitions for
sceptical
sceptical
/
ˈskɛptɪk
ə
l
/
adjective
1.
not convinced that something is true; doubtful
2.
tending to mistrust people, ideas, etc, in general
3.
of or relating to sceptics; sceptic
Derived Forms
sceptically,
(
archaic
,
US
)
skeptically,
adverb