distrustfully
- adverb
- /dɪsˈtrʌstfəlɪ/
:
desconfiadamente
- Since the 1970s, most respondents have answered distrustfully.
Examples
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The dog looked at the stranger distrustfully, unsure if he could be trusted.
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Two-thirds answered trustfully in 1964, and two-thirds answered distrustfully in 2000 (Hetherington and Globetti 2002).
Academic text (2003) -
GOLLUM doesn't move. He looks at FRODO distrustfully.
Fiction book (2002) -
And when our aunts eyed him distrustfully from beneath their headscarves, he would tell them that this was the language of science.
Fiction book (2002) -
When the Aristocratic Young Man utters the suspicion that they will never reach shore and will never see their beloved relatives again, the Fighter distrustfully asks him about his relatives, and he confesses that his mother is a foreigner.
Academic text (1997) -
She listened to his explanation but remained distrustfully silent, unsure if he was telling the truth.
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After the incident, I regarded her distrustfully, afraid she might betray my secrets.
Synonyms
43
3.8
In a way that shows you do not trust someone
14
6.7
In a way that shows you think people act only for themselves
8
4.4
Showing doubt that something is true
3
6.7
In a way that shows doubt or little trust
1
6.1
In a way that shows you do not think something is true
In a way that shows doubt about what someone wants
Antonyms
How Distrustful
Surface Forms
Morphology
distrustfully = distrustful (transparent) = dis + trust + ful + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'distrustful' and means 'in a distrustful manner'.
Etymology
Distrustfully comes from dis- meaning 'not' and the common word trust meaning 'to believe or have confidence', with -ful and -ly added to make it describe a way of acting. So, to behave distrustfully is to act in a way that shows you do not believe or have confidence in someone.