doubtfully
In hesitant manner
Doubtfully means in a manner expressing uncertainty or skepticism.
Someone who speaks doubtfully conveys that they aren't convinced: She looked at him doubtfully when he claimed he'd finished his homework.
The word captures both the internal state of doubt and its outward expression—a doubtful tone, glance, or gesture.
In a seeking-answers manner
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
- hesitantlyWith uncertain manner
- uncertainlyIn a doubtful way
- skepticallyWith doubt or distrust
dubiously · warily · cautiously · suspiciously · quizzically · disbelievingly · apprehensively · reluctantly
With apparent distrust
- distrustfullyWith lack of confidence
- warilyWith watchful caution
- skepticallyWith doubt or distrust
- cynicallyWith distrust of sincerity
guardedly · leery · mistrustfully · incredulously · disbelievingly · questioningly · jaundiced · dubiously
In a doubtful way
- ambiguouslyWith multiple possible meanings
- inconclusivelyWithout definite result
- indeterminatelyIn an uncertain manner
- questionablyIn a doubtful way
unpredictably · vaguely · equivocally · indefinitely · tentatively · irresolutely · waveringly
questioningly
In a seeking-answers manner
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
- hesitantlyWith uncertain manner
- uncertainlyIn a doubtful way
skeptically · dubiously · warily · cautiously · suspiciously · quizzically · disbelievingly · apprehensively · reluctantly · reservedly
suspiciously
With apparent distrust
- distrustfullyWith lack of confidence
- warilyWith watchful caution
- skepticallyWith doubt or distrust
cynically · guardedly · leery · mistrustfully · incredulously · disbelievingly · questioningly · jaundiced · dubiously · watchfully
uncertainly
In a doubtful way
- ambiguouslyWith multiple possible meanings
- inconclusivelyWithout definite result
- indeterminatelyIn an uncertain manner
questionably · unpredictably · vaguely · equivocally · indefinitely · tentatively · irresolutely · waveringly
doubtfullyconfidently
With self-assurance
certainly · assuredly · surely · positively · decisively
doubtfullytrustingly
With naive belief
trustfully · credulously · unquestioningly · uncritically · faithfully
doubtfullyapprovingly
With positive regard
favorably · positively · sanguinely · enthusiastically · optimistically