Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doubtfully

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
doubt-ful-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English dowtfully, doutefulli, equivalent to doubtful + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more doubtfully (comparative) most doubtfully (superlative)

Synonyms

dubiously

Questions

What does doubtfully mean?
In a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
Where does doubtfully come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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