Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Suspiciously; with distrust.
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- adverb In a
distrusting manner.
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Examples
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I therefore spoke distrustingly of the proposed expedition, and questioned the propriety of sending so small a force, so utterly without information, upon so hazardous an enterprise, and apparently so foolish
The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer John Beatty
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She received her mother's kiss -- gave a kiss in return; then she looked gloomily, distrustingly, at
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He looked distrustingly at Betty, who shook her head.
Steadfast Falters 1916
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