Hesitantly
Hesitantly adverb - With hesitation; in a hesitant manner.
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Synonyms for Hesitantly
Skeptically and hesitantly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Skeptically" instead an adverb "Hesitantly".
Skeptically
Skeptically adverb - With distrust.
Usage example: the researchers' findings should be received skeptically until they can be replicated by other scientists
Hesitantly and skeptically are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hesitantly" instead an adverb "Skeptically".
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Related pairs
- askance and hesitantly
- askance and skeptically
- sideways and hesitantly
- sideways and skeptically
- cautiously and hesitantly
- cautiously and skeptically
- apprehensively and hesitantly
- apprehensively and skeptically
- anxiously and hesitantly
- anxiously and skeptically
- uneasily and hesitantly
- uneasily and skeptically
- timidly and hesitantly
- timidly and skeptically
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