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Dubiously

//ˈdub.i.əs.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a dubious manner.

    "They had perpetuated a dubiously holy union of Church and State that had refused for centuries to hear the cry of the poor and the oppressed."

  2. 2
    Accompanied by doubt, or anxious uncertainty.

    "She looked dubiously up the steep path to the vastness of dark wood on either side. “How far is it up to the top?”"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a doubtful manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in a questionable and dubious manner wordnet

Etymology

From dubious + -ly.

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