Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unquestionably.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Unquestionably.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb Without question; indubitably.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb without doubt; certainly

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

doubtless +‎ -ly

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word doubtlessly.

Examples

  • There doubtlessly is a Toronto mom reading this who would be more than happy to come over and help you with your sling dilemma.

    Arms And The Mom | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • Mr Cronje said offloading delays were in the order of 60 hours and factories were "doubtlessly" experiencing problems in getting materials.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • Regardless of the extent to which groups of investors do or do not become antagonistic, individual renegades will doubtlessly stir the pot.

    The 14th Banker: Mortgage Mess Battle Lines Being Drawn The 14th Banker 2010

  • While, doubtlessly, DOD, State, AND USAID are doing the best they can to make SPOT work some issues are likely to prove difficult to solve.

    David Isenberg: The Uncounted Contractors David Isenberg 2010

  • As you can see, the litigation will doubtlessly be directed at the loan servicers who created this next generation of destruction.

    The 14th Banker: Mortgage Mess Battle Lines Being Drawn The 14th Banker 2010

  • While, doubtlessly, DOD, State, AND USAID are doing the best they can to make SPOT work some issues are likely to prove difficult to solve.

    David Isenberg: The Uncounted Contractors David Isenberg 2010

  • Over the next few days, details of new plans for propping up the Greek economy with more external money and for renegotiating the terms of some private debt will doubtlessly be announced in a hail of commentary suggesting that the end of the Greek tragedy is nigh.

    Sterling Could Be Next for a Pounding Nicholas Hastings 2011

  • While, doubtlessly, DOD, State, AND USAID are doing the best they can to make SPOT work some issues are likely to prove difficult to solve.

    David Isenberg: The Uncounted Contractors David Isenberg 2010

  • This will doubtlessly open the flood gates the of the raw meat christianist fundamentalist cash reservoir, sending waves of campaign donations surging into McDonnell's campaign fund.

    McDonnell drops F-bomb in live interview 2009

  • While, doubtlessly, DOD, State, AND USAID are doing the best they can to make SPOT work some issues are likely to prove difficult to solve.

    David Isenberg: The Uncounted Contractors David Isenberg 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • A rare variant of the adverb 'doubtless'. The BNC goes 100:1 in favour of 'doubtless', though it's a little more common on Google as a whole, whilst still very much a minority form. I'm not aware that I've ever come across it before.

    March 26, 2009