† doubtyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Doubtful; dubious; hazardous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective]
openlOE
doubtousc1330
uncertain1338
doubtyc1380
brigousa1387
doubtablec1400
doubtfula1425
questionable1443
batable1453
strivablec1456
inquirable1485
litigious1520
doubtsomea1522
disputable1548
dubious1548
doubted?1551
moot1563
problematical1567
discussiblea1578
debatable1581
controversial1583
disputativea1586
debateful1587
decidable1596
controversible1601
controvertible1601
controversal1604
controversable1607
problematic1609
controversary1610
left-handed1610
disputed1611
dubitable1625
quarrellable1642
catchinga1670
non liquet1678
brigose1679
contestable1702
equivocala1797
controversional1807
contradictable1856
discutable1868
hinky1961
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 381 In soche douty poyntes.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Kings x. 1 In derk and douti questiouns.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure 17 A ful noble story, Of the doubty waye to the tower perillous.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxi. 762/2 A doubtie kind of accusation.
1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 6 This doubty controversie.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adverb]
doubtouslyc1350
incertainly1530
doubtinglya1535
unsurely1595
falteringly1611
uncertainly1613
dubitatively1615
with a grain of salt1647
doubtily1654
hesitantly1660
unsatisfiedly1661
doubtfully1664
Pyrrhonically1710
uncertaina1718
dubitatingly1827
undecidedly1856
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 551 I lived..anxiously, dye doubt [i] ly, and know not whether I go.
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adj.c1380