All 4 Uses of
skeptical
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Whether this young girl was a human being, a fairy, or an angel, is what Gringoire, sceptical philosopher and ironical poet that he was, could not decide at the first moment, so fascinated was he by this dazzling vision.†
Chpt 1.2.3 *unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use skeptical.
- This conclusive observation appeared to dissipate all the doubts of Gringoire and the other sceptics in the audience.†
Chpt 2.8.1unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use skeptics.
- It was a long time since he had seen the archdeacon, and Dom Claude was one of those solemn and impassioned men, a meeting with whom always upsets the equilibrium of a sceptical philosopher.†
Chpt 2.10.1unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use skeptical.
- 'Tis a death worthy of a sage who has wavered all his life; a death which is neither flesh nor fish, like the mind of a veritable sceptic; a death all stamped with Pyrrhonism and hesitation, which holds the middle station betwixt heaven and earth, which leaves you in suspense.†
Chpt 2.10.1unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use skeptic.
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