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ˈdoubtfully, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a doubtful, uncertain, or ambiguous manner; hesitatingly, ambiguously, indistinctly.
1483Cath. Angl. 106/1 Dowtfully, ambigue..dubie. 1551T. Wilson Logike (1580) 66 b, When sentences bee spoken doubtfully, that thei maie be construed two maner of waies. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 2 Had our famous Muffet but seen them..he would not have spoke so doubtfully. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath 168 The watcher's ear Caught doubtfully at times the breeze-borne note. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xiii, He shook his head doubtfully. |