misbelievingly

English

Etymology

From misbelieving +‎ -ly.

Adverb

misbelievingly (comparative more misbelievingly, superlative most misbelievingly)

1. Synonym of disbelievingly
   • 1882, Mary Elizabeth Bradden, Mount Royal:

     If he had been told of such a woman he would have shrugged his shoulders misbelievingly, or would have declared that she must be an idiot.

   • 1950, Rose Thurburn, The Wilderness is Yours, page 145:

     He tried to make it ring misbelievingly, a joke, as if he was still assuming something else.