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“Skeptically” or “Sceptically”

Language

Skeptically and sceptically are both English terms.

Usage

Skeptically is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while sceptically is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
skeptically 96 51 70 100 86 41 0 0 0 0 0 0
sceptically 4 49 30 0 14 59 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "skeptically" over "sceptically" (96 to 4).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "skeptically" over "sceptically" (51 to 49).
  • In India, there is a preference for "skeptically" over "sceptically" (70 to 30).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "skeptically" over "sceptically" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "skeptically" over "sceptically" (86 to 14).
  • In Australia, there is a 59 to 41 preference for "sceptically" over "skeptically".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "skeptically" and "sceptically".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "skeptically" and "sceptically".
  • In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "skeptically" and "sceptically".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "skeptically" and "sceptically".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "skeptically" and "sceptically".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "skeptically" and "sceptically".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use skeptically or sceptically with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “skeptically”

  • has led some researchers to skeptically consider this impairment as a
  • reporter for the campus newspaper, skeptically questions her about a trip
  • become less able "to think skeptically and scientifically about it."
  • host for Ardent Atheists and Skeptically Yours podcasts.
  • rule is apparently to read skeptically the writings of the past,
  • often come to be viewed skeptically by modern anthropologists.
  • More skeptically, "...[T]here is no direct contemporary
  • (h-m), many grammarians view coordination skeptically regarding its value as a
  • were unsupported and viewed very skeptically.
  • and must be treated very skeptically.

Examples of “sceptically”

  • the Labyrinth must be treated sceptically.'
  • war with the Soviet Union sceptically and did not hesitate to
  • such as John Bryan Perkins, sceptically uses ancient sources as evidence
  • He examines sceptically Bill Richardson's place name explanations
  • and Professor Richard Whish wrote sceptically that it "seems unlikely at
  • by encouraging convictions, or by "sceptically testing the witnesses to destruction".
  • first the Lindau population remained sceptically opposed to the new ruling
  • are to be treated very sceptically.
  • Seed cycling has been greeted sceptically by the press, with headlines
  • His poems treat Buddhism sceptically.


(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)


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