doubtfullyadv.
In a doubtful, uncertain, or ambiguous manner; hesitatingly, ambiguously, indistinctly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adverb]
doubtouslyc1350
opinablyc1450
doubtfully1483
doubtedly1584
problematically1588
dubiously1646
indijudicably1660
disputably1836
indeterminately1841
indeterminably1846
questionably1859
dubitably1864
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adverb]
doubtouslyc1350
incertainly1530
doubtinglya1535
unsurely1595
falteringly1611
uncertainly1613
dubitatively1615
with a grain of salt1647
doubtily1654
hesitantly1660
unsatisfiedly1661
doubtfully1664
Pyrrhonically1710
uncertaina1718
dubitatingly1827
undecidedly1856
1483 Cath. Angl. 106/1 Dowtfully, ambigue..dubie.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Qiij When sentences be spoken doubtfully, that they may be construed .ij. maner of waies.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 2 Had our famous Muffet but seen them..he would not have spoke so doubtfully.
1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 168 The watcher's ear Caught doubtfully at times the breeze-borne note.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiii. 118 He shook his head doubtfully.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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