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doubtlesse

doubtlesse is the obsolete spelling of doubtless.

Meaning of doubtless

Adjective

doubtless (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by or experiencing no doubt at all, certain; undoubted; undoubting.
    • There are those who have doubtless faith in revelation.1880, B. Stewart, P. G. Tait, The Unseen Universe, London: Macmillan, page xiii
  2. (obsolete) Free from fear or suspicion.
    • And, pretty childe, ſleepe doubtleſſe, and ſecure, / That Hubert for the wealth of all the world, / Will not offend thee.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about doubtlesse

What is doubtlesse the obsolete spelling of?
Doubtlesse is the obsolete spelling of doubtless.

Words near doubtlesse in the dictionary

  1. doubting Thomasinas
  2. doubtingly
  3. doubtingness
  4. doubtings
  5. doubtless
  6. doubtlesse
  7. doubtlessly
  8. doubtlessness
  9. doubtmonger
  10. doubtmongers
  11. doubts

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