Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Certainly.
- adverb Presumably; probably.
- adjective Certain; assured.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Free from doubt; indubitable.
- Having no fear; free from fear of danger; secure.
- Without doubt; without objection or uncertainty; unquestionably; often, with weakened sense, presumably, probably.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Undoubtedly; without doubt.
- adjective obsolete Free from fear or suspicion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Characterized by or experiencing no
doubt at all,certain ;undoubted ;undoubting . - adverb Without doubt; very
probably ,in all likelihood ;doubtlessly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without doubt; certainly
Etymologies
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Examples
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There doubtless is some wishful thinking in all this.
Online Advertising Is a Lagging Indicator of a Recession - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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There doubtless is some wishful thinking in all this.
Online Advertising Is a Lagging Indicator of a Recession - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Though of course many people there are good, civilized sorts, there is also below the surface for many people an attitude of ‘every man for himself’ which doubtless comes from a society which has been poor and oppressed for a long, long time.
Ukraine Travelogue, part 1: Travel is hell! « Skulls in the Stars 2007
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It's statistically a good guess, and doubtless is intended as a compliment, but one should never assume, and real dialog would be better.
Sound Politics: Signs that your newspaper suffers from liberal bias (I) 2006
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Charles Burns is a name doubtless familiar to anyone who's followed alternative comics in the last couple of decades, with his teen horror opus Black Hole being his defining work thus far.
Archive 2008-03-01 Ed Howard 2008
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Charles Burns is a name doubtless familiar to anyone who's followed alternative comics in the last couple of decades, with his teen horror opus Black Hole being his defining work thus far.
Peur(s) du noir Ed Howard 2008
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"Forgive and forget" is a phrase doubtless invented by perpetrators and their enablers so that all of the abused will just shut the hell up about it.
Get Over It, Can't You? delagar 2006
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And my expression doubtless told her I didn't want to talk about what we once had.
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Of the above families, I have not been able to find very much about the Barkworths, who took their name doubtless from East Barkwith, where they had property.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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Rest tranquil, fair one; the phrase doubtless sounds harshly to your delicate, aristocratic ears.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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