skeptical

Wonder cranes around, skeptically: Their image is part of their brand, he says.

We, too, are exiting our own emotional bunkers after eight days of war, tentatively, cautiously, skeptically.

The bottom line is that when you hear descriptions like these, treat them skeptically: Most are nonsense.

"That's a lot of swearing for a man to do that's been shot through the lungs," commented Bill Wilson skeptically.