Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to doubt; doubting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Tending to doubt; doubtful.
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- adjective Tending to
doubt ;doubtful .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most, if not all, the interjections are to be put to the credit of emotional expression, also, it may be, a number of linguistic elements expressing certain modalities, such as dubitative or potential forms, which may be interpreted as reflecting the emotional states of hesitation or doubtattenuated fear.
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[Illustration: "IS IT THE TIPSY-CAKE, THEN?"] "No," said Tom, opening his pocketknife and holding it over the puff, with his head on one side in a dubitative manner.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Par rapport à mes remarques précédentes, je suis assez dubitative sur le "plaisir" que l'on peut retirer d'une lecture sur un écran d'un roman de Proust.
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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Stephen's face gave back the priest's indulgent smile and, not being anxious to give an opinion, he made a slight dubitative movement with his lips.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922
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Stephen's face gave back the priest's indulgent smile and, not being anxious to give an opinion, he made a slight dubitative movement with his lips.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922
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His look, it seemed to Mainwaring, appeared to be dubitative as to how far he dared to be frank.
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No, said Tom, opening his pocket-knife and holding it over the puff, with his head on one side in a dubitative manner.
VI. The Aunts and Uncles Are Coming. Book I—Boy and Girl 1917
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Stephen's face gave back the priest's indulgent smile and, not being anxious to give an opinion, he made a slight dubitative movement with his lips.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 1911
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At a later stage the 'Daily M.il' hit the nail on the head by signalling M. Zola's presence at the Oatlands Park Hotel; but so many reports having already proved erroneous, the 'M.il' was by no means certain of the accuracy of its information, and the dubitative form in which its statement was couched prevented the matter from going further.
With Zola in England Vizetelly, Ernest A 1899
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His look, it seemed to Mainwaring, appeared to be dubitative as to how far he dared to be frank.
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates; fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish main Howard Pyle 1882
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