"Will you let me make the tea?" said Anne dubiously.
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Dubiously
//ˈdub.i.əs.li//
Synonyms for "dubiously" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (3)
Adverb(1 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 12 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- dubtosament adv (in a dubious manner)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 可疑地 adv (in a dubious manner)
- 怀疑地 adv (in a dubious manner)
Czech
1 entries- pochybně adv (in a dubious manner)
Estonian
2 entries- kahtlustäratavalt adv (in a dubious manner)
- kõhklevalt adv (in a dubious manner)
French
2 entries- douteusement adv (in a dubious manner)
- dubitativement adv (in a dubious manner)
German
1 entries- fraglicherweise adv (in a dubious manner)
Ido
1 entries- dubitale adv (in a dubious manner)
Italian
1 entries- dubbiosamente adv (in a dubious manner)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- biguman adv (in a dubious manner)
Polish
1 entries- wątpliwie adv (in a dubious manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- duvidosamente adv (in a dubious manner)
Spanish
1 entries- dudosamente adv (in a dubious manner)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
But, this information is relegated to a footnote, and no examples of dubiously English words are provided.
Source: wiktionary
She looked dubiously up the steep path to the vastness of dark wood on either side. “How far is it up to the top?”
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