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DUBIOUSLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a doubtful manner

Example:

Gerald shook his head doubtfully

Synonyms:

doubtfully; dubiously

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

dubious (fraught with uncertainty or doubt)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a questionable and dubious manner

Example:

these were estates his father questionably acquired

Synonyms:

dubiously; questionably

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

dubious (open to doubt or suspicion)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“Well,” I replied, dubiously.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)