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DUBIOUSLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a doubtful manner
Example:
Gerald shook his head doubtfully
Synonyms:
doubtfully; dubiously
Classified under:
Pertainym:
dubious (fraught with uncertainty or doubt)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a questionable and dubious manner
Example:
these were estates his father questionably acquired
Synonyms:
dubiously; questionably
Classified under:
Pertainym:
dubious (open to doubt or suspicion)
Context examples:
“Well,” I replied, dubiously.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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