Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition of being doubtful or uncertain. synonym: uncertainty.
- noun A feeling or matter of doubt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Doubtfulness; dubiousness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable
Doubtfulness . - noun countable A particular instance of
doubt oruncertainty .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being unsure of something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It threw a kind of dubiety upon Susan's moral conduct.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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Well, first things first: to be honest, if she doesn't welcome fanfiction of her work, I'm inclined to think she can only be right about its ethical dubiety ... when it comes to fanfiction of her work, that is ... mostly.
Fanfiction Hal Duncan 2010
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Well, first things first: to be honest, if she doesn't welcome fanfiction of her work, I'm inclined to think she can only be right about its ethical dubiety ... when it comes to fanfiction of her work, that is ... mostly.
Archive 2010-05-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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We have another Watcher, Wesley, who has his own descent into moral dubiety.
Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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Is there a moral or ethical dubiety to the world itself then?
Strange Fiction in the Marketplace Hal Duncan 2008
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But were the Republican party to become a permanent minority - or espouse big-gov - Benjamin Franklin's dubiety that America could "keep" her Republic will have been proven well justified. ndm
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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That impression seemed to be confirmed when Fabiano extended the lead with a goal of technique, persistence and considerable dubiety.
World Cup 2010: Brazil beat Ivory Coast with Luís Fabiano's helping hand Kevin McCarra at Soccer City 2010
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We have another Watcher, Wesley, who has his own descent into moral dubiety.
Notes on Strange Fiction: Seams Hal Duncan 2008
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He again expressed his dubiety about parents who would take pictures of the injury but not seek medical attention for it.
Freshwater: Hearing and Federal Court news - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Is there a moral or ethical dubiety to the world itself then?
Archive 2008-02-01 Hal Duncan 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word dubiety
JM doubts everything to do with dubiety.
August 29, 2010