What does distrustfully mean?
Distrustfully means In a distrustful manner.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a distrustful manner.
[…] now he listens to mine host as he recounts the strange absence of the preacher, pauses and combs his long red beard with his fingers, looks distrustfully, and then says, with a quaintness that disarmed suspicion, Niggerlike! — preacher or angel, nigger will be nigger! […]
This complicated system would have been absurd normally; but we watched each other distrustfully
Use distrustfully when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Distrustfully means In a distrustful manner.
Common synonyms include mistrustfully.
Possible antonyms include confidingly, trustfully, trustingly.
[…] now he listens to mine host as he recounts the strange absence of the preacher, pauses and combs his long red beard with his fingers, looks distrustfully, and then says, with a quaintness that disarmed suspicion, Niggerlike! — preacher or angel, nigger will be nigger! […]
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