Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Suspiciously; with distrust.

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  • adverb In a distrusting manner.

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Examples

  • 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

  • She received her mother's kiss -- gave a kiss in return; then she looked gloomily, distrustingly, at

    The Man Thou Gavest

  • He looked distrustingly at Betty, who shook her head.

    Steadfast Falters 1916

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