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By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers.
Mercy Otis Warren

Meaning of "doubtfully" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOUBTFULLY

doubtfully  [ˈdaʊtfʊlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOUBTFULLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Doubtfully is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DOUBTFULLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

doubtfully

Doubt

Doubt, a status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, an action, a motive, or a decision. Doubt brings into question some notion of a perceived "reality", and may involve delaying or rejecting relevant action out of concerns for mistakes or faults or appropriateness. Some definitions of doubt emphasize the state in which the mind remains suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them. The concept of doubt covers a range of phenomena: one can characterise both deliberate questioning of uncertainties and an emotional state of indecision as "doubt".

Definition of doubtfully in the English dictionary

The definition of doubtfully in the dictionary is in a manner expressing doubt.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOUBTFULLY


artfully
ˈɑːtfʊlɪ
delightfully
dɪˈlaɪtfʊlɪ
disrespectfully
ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛktfʊlɪ
distrustfully
dɪsˈtrʌstfʊlɪ
eventfully
ɪˈvɛntfʊlɪ
fitfully
ˈfɪtfʊlɪ
gratefully
ˈɡreɪtfʊlɪ
hatefully
ˈheɪtfʊlɪ
insightfully
ɪnˈsaɪtfʊlɪ
regretfully
rɪˈɡretfʊlɪ
resentfully
rɪˈzɛntfʊlɪ
respectfully
rɪˈspɛktfʊlɪ
rightfully
ˈraɪtfʊlɪ
spitefully
ˈspaɪtfʊlɪ
tactfully
ˈtæktfʊlɪ
tastefully
ˈteɪstfʊlɪ
thoughtfully
ˈθɔːtfʊlɪ
uneventfully
ˌʌnɪˈvɛntfʊlɪ
wastefully
ˈweɪstfʊlɪ
wistfully
ˈwɪstfʊlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOUBTFULLY

doublespeaker
doublet
doublethink
doubleton
doubletree
doubling
doubloon
doublure
doubly
Doubs
doubt
doubtable
doubter
doubtful
doubtfulness
doubting Thomas
doubtingly
doubtless
doubtlessly
doubtlessness

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOUBTFULLY

awfully
beautifully
bully
carefully
faithfully
forcefully
fully
gracefully
hopefully
lawfully
painfully
peacefully
playfully
powerfully
skillfully
successfully
thankfully
truthfully
unmercifully
unsuccessfully
wonderfully

Synonyms and antonyms of doubtfully in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «doubtfully» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOUBTFULLY

Find out the translation of doubtfully to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of doubtfully from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «doubtfully» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疑惑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dudosamente
570 millions of speakers

English

doubtfully
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

doubtfully
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يثير الشكوك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сомнением
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dúvida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনিশ্চিতভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dubitatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ragu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

skeptisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

疑わしげに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

doubtfully
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Doubtfully
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghi ngờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சந்தேகத்துடனே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिश्चितपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şüpheyle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dubbioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

powątpiewaniem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сумнівом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neîncrezător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμφίβολα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedenklik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tveksamt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tvil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doubtfully

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOUBTFULLY»

The term «doubtfully» is normally little used and occupies the 125.689 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOUBTFULLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about doubtfully

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QUOTES WITH «DOUBTFULLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word doubtfully.
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Mercy Otis Warren
By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOUBTFULLY»

Discover the use of doubtfully in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doubtfully and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Companion to Bioethics
This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in ...
Helga Kuhse, Peter Singer, 2013
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The Talmud of the Land of Israel, Volume 3: Demai
Laqish said, "[The wording of] the Mishnah['s leniency] refers specifically to doubtfully tithed produce,15 but certainly untithed produce [of these kinds] is liable [to tithing]." [C] R. Yohanan said, "No distinction is drawn [with respect to these ...
‎1993
3
Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament: ...
m. Dem. 7. 1-6: When. you. cannot. tithe. doubtfully. tithed. food. before. eating. Summary of Mishnah: You cannot tithe on a Sabbath [because it is work] but you may make the statement of tithing before the Sabbath, then merely leave a portion ...
David Instone-Brewer, 2004
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The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United ...
with descriptions of a few doubtfully Creataceous species Thomas Wayland Vaughan, Geological Survey (U.S.). [Take this leaf out and paste the separated titles upon three of your catalogue cards. The ilrst and second tides need no addition ...
Thomas Wayland Vaughan, Geological Survey (U.S.), 1900
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Transactions
Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. CALAMITES STEINHAUERI. Lac. Probably occurs in the neighbourhood of Bude and Truscott, as in the corresponding beds in N. Devon. OALAMITES SUCCOVII. L00. Somewhat doubtfully determined in ...
Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 1887
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The Directionality of Conversion in English: A ...
The other 4 cases (1.73%) which evidence disagreements between these two criteria concern doubtfully established directions, according to the semantic dependence criterion. The etymological criterion, however, solves them without ...
Isabel Balteiro, 2007
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The Journal of Infectious Diseases: Official Publication of ...
... hrs. later reacted slightly with vetch legumin 24 hrs. later reacted severely with vetch legumin 24 hrs. later reacted fatally with vetch legumin 48 hrs. later reacted doubtfully with vetch legumin 48 hrs. later reacted doubtfully with vetch legumin ...
8
Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society
As I can only somewhat doubtfully identify these specimens with Siliquaria, I have provisionally described them this last session before the Natural History Society of Glasgow as belonging to that genus (?), naming the shell S. (?) carbonaria, to  ...
9
A Handbook of British Birds, Showing the Distribution of the ...
These are : — Astur atricapillus (3), N. furcatus (5) , Buteo lineatus (1, doubtfully), Scops asio (2, doubtfully), N.acadica (1, doubtfully), Vireosylvia olivacea (1), Regulus calendula (1), Anthus ludovicianus (9, doubtfully), Loxia leucoptera (4),  ...
James Edmund Harting, 1872
10
Congressional Serial Set
The only remaining species is Ficus occidentalis, whose type locality is the Denver formation in the Denver Basin. Viburnum montanuml is represented in this area by a single doubtfully identified example; its type locality is Point of Rocks, Wyo ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOUBTFULLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term doubtfully is used in the context of the following news items.
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Avoiding Danger During the Three Weeks
... it states that this menace definitely prevails from the first of Tammuz until the sixteenth, and doubtfully prevails afterwards (Pesachim 111b). «The Jewish Voice, Jul 15»
2
The Real Housewives of New York City Season 7 Episode 14 …
This was doubtfully the first time Ramona has been selfish. And flirting with a man while out with your friends is not selfish. No more apologies ... «The Hollywood Gossip, Jul 15»
3
City looks to own 'Pond'
Trout was doubtfully ever part of its abundance of wildlife, although great blue heron and deer were reportedly seen there. According to Kathryn ... «Sentry, Jul 15»
4
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, But Not Out of the Woods
I bid them farewell, looking doubtfully at the seventies style wood paneling before wandering off to seek out the County Clerk's office. No one ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
5
Rachel Platten's "Fight Song" Officially Goes Gold in the US
... 1 paid download or 100 streams. With “Fight Song” continuing to sell like hotcakes, it is doubtfully far removed from the platinum threshold. 1. «HeadlinePlanet.com, Jul 15»
6
Demi Lovato Releases "Cool for the Summer" Audio; Listen Now
Insofar as the leaked audio was shared all over the web, including on major music websites, Demi Lovato fans doubtfully had trouble locating ... «HeadlinePlanet.com, Jul 15»
7
Silver Nuggets: Free Agency Email Hotstove
After Mike Hoffman, Alex Chiasson and hopefully (but doubtfully) Erik Condra are signed, the team doesn't have any holes to fill. If anything ... «Silver Seven, Jun 15»
8
Step up to Mexico: Walking holiday
asks my guide, Patricia, gazing doubtfully at my tomato-coloured face. The 140ft pyramid has steep, dizzying steps but off I go, ungainly placing ... «Express.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
From the archive, 26 June 1964: Inviting an old friend to stay
Doubtfully I called my most liberal friend, a social worker, and put the question directly. “Shall I have difficulties? Just what is the situation in ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
Buckhead Remodel Melds Modern Flair with 1953 Bones
With four bedrooms and a favorable location, the home's asking price is $899,900, which hopefully (but doubtfully) includes the artwork. «Curbed National, Jun 15»

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