incredulously
In utter disbelief
Incredulously means with disbelief or skepticism—unable or unwilling to accept what you're hearing or seeing: She stared at him incredulously.
The adverb typically modifies verbs of perception or speech: He laughed incredulously, "You can't be serious," she said incredulously.
It conveys that something strikes the observer as too strange or unlikely to credit.
Lacking faith or trust
- skepticallyWith doubt or distrust
- doubtfullyIn an unconvinced way
- questioninglyIn a seeking-answers manner
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
agape · slack-jawed · goggle-eyed · dumbfounded · flabbergasted · gobsmacked · stunned · astonished
Mocking with contempt
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
- mockinglyIn a ridiculing manner
- derisivelyIn a mocking manner
- sneeringlyWith mocking disdain
cynically · disbelievingly · suspiciously · distrustfully · scornfully · sarcastically · warily · dubiously
In a marveling manner
- awestruckOvercome by profound wonder
- marvelingFeeling astonished admiration
- astonishinglyIn a stunning manner
- breathlesslyWithout pausing to inhale
gasping · exclaiming · sputtering · stammering · bewildered · overwhelmed · thunderstruck · staggered
unbelieving
Lacking faith or trust
- skepticallyWith doubt or distrust
- doubtfullyIn an unconvinced way
- questioninglyIn a seeking-answers manner
wide-eyed · agape · slack-jawed · goggle-eyed · dumbfounded · flabbergasted · gobsmacked · stunned · astonished · astounded
scoffing
Mocking with contempt
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
- mockinglyIn a ridiculing manner
- derisivelyIn a mocking manner
sneeringly · cynically · disbelievingly · suspiciously · distrustfully · scornfully · sarcastically · warily · dubiously · unconvinced
wonderingly
In a marveling manner
- awestruckOvercome by profound wonder
- marvelingFeeling astonished admiration
- astonishinglyIn a stunning manner
breathlessly · gasping · exclaiming · sputtering · stammering · bewildered · overwhelmed · thunderstruck · staggered · reeling
incredulouslycredulously
With excessive trustfulness
trustingly · gullibly · unsuspectingly · confidingly · unquestioningly
incredulouslyuncritically
Without analysis or judgment
unquestioningly · blindly · naively · unreflectively · gullibly