doubtfully
doubtfully adverb: in a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
Adverb
doubtfully (comparative more doubtfully, superlative most doubtfully)
- In a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
- He looked at the mauve envelope doubtfully, and examined the postmark. "Where is Pudlington, James? and one might almost ask—why is Pudlington? No town has any right to such an offensive name."1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond
doubtfully meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
doubtfully in Tamil
- ஐயத்தோடு
doubtfully in Urdu
- doubtfully
- اشتباہا iśtibāhan
doubtfully in Bengali
- সন্দিহানভাবে, সন্দেহ, অস্পষ্টতার সাথে
Forms of doubtfully
| comparative | more doubtfully |
|---|---|
| superlative | most doubtfully |
Origin of doubtfully
From Middle English dowtfully, doutefulli, equivalent to doubtful + -ly.
Questions about doubtfully
- What does doubtfully mean?
- Doubtfully means in a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
- What is doubtfully in Tamil?
- Doubtfully in Tamil is ஐயத்தோடு. See Doubtfully meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is doubtfully?
- Doubtfully is an adverb.
Words near doubtfully in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: doubtfully (page history and authors); doubtfully (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اشتباہا (Urdu) (page history and authors); doubtfully (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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