Definition of Distrustfully

1. Adverb. With distrust. "She looked at him distrustfully"

Exact synonyms: Mistrustfully
Partainyms: Distrustful, Mistrustful
Antonyms: Trustfully

Definition of Distrustfully

1. Adverb. In a distrustful manner ¹

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Definition of Distrustfully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distrustfully

districts
districtual
districtwide
distrix
distro
distros
distrouble
distroubled
distroubles
distroubling
distrust
distrusted
distruster
distrusters
distrustful
distrustfully
distrustfulness
distrusting
distrustingly
distrustless
distrusts
distune
distuned
distunes
distuning
disturb
disturbability
disturbance
disturbance of the peace
disturbance regime

Literary usage of Distrustfully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1908)
"The Whigs, though distrustfully, followed Fox in his applause of the Revolution. The Tories, yet more distrustfully, followed Pitt; and Pitt warmly ..."

2. History of the English People by John Richard Green (1903)
"The Whigs, though distrustfully, followed Fox in his applause of the Revolution. The Tories, yet more distrustfully, followed Pitt; and Pitt warmly ..."

3. History of the English People by John Richard Green (1900)
"The Whigs, though distrustfully, followed Fox in his applause of the Revolution. The Tories, yet more distrustfully, followed Pitt; and Pitt warmly ..."

4. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"HEIN [takes the plate and puts it distrustfully away; crossly to MARIE]. ... [He takes the plate again, again surveys it distrustfully, and sett it aside ..."

5. Armadale by Wilkie Collins (1866)
""It's rather strange," remarked the lawyer, looking at him more and more distrustfully, "that you should be so violently agitated, simply because my ..."

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