dubiously
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈdub.i.əs.li/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dubiusbor. English dubious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dubiously From dubious + -ly.
- 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.”
“But, this information is relegated to a footnote, and no examples of dubiously English words are provided.”
- 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?””