unbelievingly
unbelievingly · more unbelievingly · most unbelievingly
In an unbelieving wayIn an unbelieving way.
» "Why, Anne, how you've grown!" she said, almost unbelievingly.
„Huch, Anne! Was bist du groß geworden!“ sagte sie und konnte es fast gar nicht glauben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 sensesIn an unbelieving way.
Synonym of incredibly.
More definitions
- in an incredulous manner
Examples
1 sentences"Why, Anne, how you've grown!" she said, almost unbelievingly.
de„Huch, Anne! Was bist du groß geworden!“ sagte sie und konnte es fast gar nicht glauben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From unbelieving + -ly.From unbelieving + -ly.
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Forms
more unbelievingly, most unbelievingly| Comparative | more unbelievingly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most unbelievingly |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- in an incredulous manner:incredulouslydisbelievingly
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedunbelieving
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.