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dubitably

dubitably adverb: doubtfully.

Adverb

dubitably (comparative more dubitably, superlative most dubitably)

  1. doubtfully
    • Even though a claim to know may be asserted dubitably and still be counted as a scientific claim, the imagined end of the enterprise of science remains (at least in its still predominant self-understanding) certain knowledge.1989, Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, Social Science and the Challenge of Relativism, volume 2, page 123
    Antonyms:
    indubitably

Antonyms of dubitably

Forms of dubitably

comparativemore dubitably
superlativemost dubitably

Origin of dubitably

From dubitable + -ly.

Questions about dubitably

What does dubitably mean?
Dubitably means doubtfully.
What part of speech is dubitably?
Dubitably is an adverb.

Words near dubitably in the dictionary

  1. dubiousnesses
  2. Dubiski
  3. Dubisky
  4. dubitability
  5. dubitable
  6. dubitably
  7. dubitacion
  8. dubitancies
  9. dubitancy
  10. dubitante
  11. dubitate

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