sceptically

sceptically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English sceptic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English sceptically

    From sceptic + -ally.

    Adverb

    sceptically (comparative more sceptically, superlative most sceptically)

    1. (British spelling) Alternative form of skeptically.
      • 2009 February 5, Rick Trainor, “Universities are not guilty of deluding students and employers”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
        Aitkenhead surmises sceptically that her friend's son, enrolled on a photography degree, "will almost certainly not" get the job he wants.
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