Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incredulously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: in-cred-u-lous-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an incredulous manner; tending to disbelieve; skeptically.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Etymology tree English incredulous Middle English -ly English -ly English incredulously From incredulous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more incredulously (comparative) most incredulously (superlative)

Synonyms

unbelievingly disbelievingly

Questions

What does incredulously mean?: In an incredulous manner; tending to disbelieve; skeptically.
Where does incredulously come from?: Etymology tree English incredulous Middle English -ly English -ly English incredulously From incredulous + -ly.

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