incredulously

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Recent Examples of incredulously Jones asked his players incredulously. Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026 Kizzi adds to his act by pretending to be a devoted fan while V looks on incredulously. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026 Bea incredulously finds out that Christy has been involved in a treasure hunt for years now, believing that there is a million dollars hidden somewhere in the state, planning and plotting her methods of finding it, and Christy is finally setting her plan in motion. Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026 Goldsman asked incredulously, questioning the limits of the university’s authority over athletes. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Dec. 2025 Referring to news coverage of Tesla’s $1 trillion package for Elon Musk, Abramovic cursed at the thought incredulously. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025 Sanders interjected incredulously during a 2015 interview with the liberal columnist Ezra Klein. W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025 Turner incredulously fired back. Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025 Fans chanted for Bayley as Lyra stared at her incredulously. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incredulously
Adverb
  • From lambs with quizzically cocked eyebrows, to lambs whose wooly coats are made of flower petals, to lambs that simply defy description.
    Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Espinoza responded, holding up his hands questioningly.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Bundhorol motioned to the direction of camp questioningly, then in the opposite direction, out into the empty grass.
    Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The many attending assistants around her eventually disperse — a little hesitantly because Sam is in the middle of preparing a new show — and the two withdraw to Sam’s cavernous studio.
    Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Only the bravest walked hesitantly toward the well.
    Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • But in this case, the story is very doubtfully true.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Adverb
  • In the meantime, the rest of the Minions have found a new boss, a suspiciously humanoid robot alien named Dort (Jesse Eisenberg), in a surreal plot twist that puts a bit of a strain on what little story there already is.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • Yet in recent weeks, Taylor has been out and about, suspiciously carefree.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
Adverb
  • As reflected in an email thread used in the Watson case, Valentine reacted skeptically in 2019 when a colleague told her a particular hospital wanted to exit its contract with Mead Johnson.
    David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The threat to actually suspend State Farm’s license and its authority to write policies has been viewed skeptically by some, given its roughly 20% market share of the state’s home insurance market.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Adverb
  • While peers have pushed the genre toward radio-ready house-pop or dubiously eccentric experiments, Pond remain tethered to the sound that produced their last true breakout.
    Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026
  • Rather, the idea that Nike—or any brand—might explicitly develop an advertisement for the purpose of online engagement, in an era where any engagement might be dubiously engineered, is what started to melt my brain.
    Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026

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“Incredulously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incredulously. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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