dubiously

adv
/ˈdub.i.əs.li/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dubiusbor. English dubious Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dubiously From dubious + -ly.

  1. derived from dubiusbor

Definitions

  1. In a dubious manner.

    • They had perpetuated a dubiously holy union of Church and State that had refused for centuries to hear the cry of the poor and the oppressed.
    • But, this information is relegated to a footnote, and no examples of dubiously English words are provided.
  2. Accompanied by doubt, or anxious uncertainty.

    • She looked dubiously up the steep path to the vastness of dark wood on either side. “How far is it up to the top?”

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