† incertainlyadv.
Obsolete.
= uncertainly adv., in various senses.
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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
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adverb]
tealtea1023
uncertainlya1387
incertainly1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 66 Other sixe used of their auctours incertaynly, sometyme as masculynes, sometyme as femynines.
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) (at cited word) To aunswere incertainely and ambiguouslye.
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. vi. 65 The learners shall still goe incertainly and fearefully.
1714 W. Scroggs Pract. Courts-leet (ed. 3) 171 If the Verdict find the Matter incertainly.
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