Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition of being doubtful or uncertain. synonym: uncertainty.
- noun A feeling or matter of doubt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Doubtfulness; dubiousness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable
Doubtfulness . - noun countable A particular instance of
doubt oruncertainty .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being unsure of something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It threw a kind of dubiety upon Susan's moral conduct.
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Well, first things first: to be honest, if she doesn't welcome fanfiction of her work, I'm inclined to think she can only be right about its ethical dubiety ... when it comes to fanfiction of her work, that is ... mostly.
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Well, first things first: to be honest, if she doesn't welcome fanfiction of her work, I'm inclined to think she can only be right about its ethical dubiety ... when it comes to fanfiction of her work, that is ... mostly.
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We have another Watcher, Wesley, who has his own descent into moral dubiety.
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Is there a moral or ethical dubiety to the world itself then?
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But were the Republican party to become a permanent minority - or espouse big-gov - Benjamin Franklin's dubiety that America could "keep" her Republic will have been proven well justified. ndm
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
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That impression seemed to be confirmed when Fabiano extended the lead with a goal of technique, persistence and considerable dubiety.
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We have another Watcher, Wesley, who has his own descent into moral dubiety.
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He again expressed his dubiety about parents who would take pictures of the injury but not seek medical attention for it.
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Is there a moral or ethical dubiety to the world itself then?
jmjarmstrong commented on the word dubiety
JM doubts everything to do with dubiety.
August 29, 2010