Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Doubtfully; uncertainly; questionably.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a dubious manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in a
dubious manner - adverb accompanied by
doubt
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a questionable and dubious manner
- adverb in a doubtful manner
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Examples
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“‘Gilderdash’, on the other hand, is dubiously a Swedish word for a bag to hold women’s makeup articles.”
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‘Gilderdash’, on the other hand, is dubiously a Swedish word for a bag to hold women’s makeup articles.
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“Yes,” Vincent said, drawing the word out dubiously.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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“Yes,” Vincent said, drawing the word out dubiously.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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“Yes,” Vincent said, drawing the word out dubiously.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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“Yes,” Vincent said, drawing the word out dubiously.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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"It looks like Saldagno," said the first shadow; and, coming a little farther forward, he called dubiously into the gloom: "Is that you,
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But, "dubiously," I'm sorely afraid they consider me rubbish, Still -- "looking up encouragingly --" my brother would try to find me if he -- if he knew that I was gone. "
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“I got some powder,” she said, peering at the jolly old elf rather dubiously, but he had not been following her train of thought and only stared at her, growing increasingly apprehensive.
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Do all conservative blogs claim (dubiously) to be libertarian?
The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Turn Good News into Bad News 2010
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