All 4 Uses of
skeptical
in
The Great Gatsby
- I couldn't guess what Daisy and Tom were thinking, but I doubt if even Miss Baker, who seemed to have mastered a certain hardy scepticism, was able utterly to put this fifth guest's shrill metallic urgency out of mind.†
p. 15.9unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use skepticism.
- "I don't think it's so much that," argued Lucille sceptically; "it's more that he was a German spy during the war."†
p. 44.2 *unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use skeptically.
- Taking our scepticism for granted, he rushed to the bookcases and returned with Volume One of the "Stoddard Lectures."†
p. 45.8unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use skepticism.
- Suddenly I wasn't thinking of Daisy and Gatsby any more, but of this clean, hard, limited person, who dealt in universal scepticism, and who leaned back jauntily just within the circle of my arm.†
p. 79.7
Definition:
doubtful (that something is true or worthwhile)
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe