Distrustfully
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Distrustfully is an adverb meaning In a distrustful manner.
Meaning
In a distrustful manner.
Example Sentences
This complicated system would have been absurd normally; but we watched each other distrustfully
[…] 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! […]
Synonyms for distrustfully
Depending on context, synonyms include mistrustfully.
Antonyms for distrustfully
Common opposites include confidingly, trustfully, trustingly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mistrustfully, distrustingly, mistrustingly, untrustingly, warily, doubtingly.
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