dubiouslyadv.
In a dubious manner; with doubt, doubtfully, hesitatingly; uncertainly, vaguely, ambiguously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adverb]
doubtouslyc1350
opinablyc1450
doubtfully1483
doubtedly1584
problematically1588
dubiously1646
indijudicably1660
disputably1836
indeterminately1841
indeterminably1846
questionably1859
dubitably1864
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. v. 115 Albertus magnus speaks dubiously..but Aldrovand affirmeth plainly.
1708 J. Swift Predict. for 1708 6 Almanack-makers..wander in general, and talk dubiously.
1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus iii. i. 91 How Goes on the conflict? A. Dubiously and fiercely.
1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career ii. 39 ‘I don't know where you will find it’, said the doctor, shaking his head dubiously.
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