dubiously
adverb
uk/ˈdʒuː.bi.əs.li/us/ˈduː.bi.əs.li/in a way that isprobablynottrueorfair, or that isprobablynothonest:
He said that too manyyoungpeopleare in dubiouslyusefulfurthereducationandunableto get thevocationaltrainingthey need.
Themainimpactof thelawwill be toprotectthewealthyandtheiroften dubiouslyacquiredassets.
in a way thatshowsyoufeeldoubtor do notfeelsurethat something isrightortrue:
Heshookhisheaddubiously and said that he wasn't at allsureabout it.
Thebankmanagerlookeddubiously at my son'spassport, whichboreanamethatdifferedfrom the one on theaccountforms.
See
dubious
- Howlongcan this dubiouslymotivatedexperimentwithourchildren'seducationbetolerated?
- Theteamhadcauseforcomplaintafter Juninho had agoaldubiouslydisallowedforoffside.
- Ilookedat her dubiously, and she was stilllaughingandinsistingthat it wastrue.
- "Will you be allright?"askedRachel dubiously,worriedthat Belinda mighttrytoclimbfrom thehorsewhen thecarouselwas inmotion.
Uncertainty
- amorphous
- arguable
- be neither fish nor fowlidiom
- blurred
- blurry
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- dodgy
- insecurely
- insecurity
- it remains to be seenidiom
- it's early daysidiom
- joker in the packidiom
- spec
- sputter
- squishy
- stutter
- swither
- tentative
- unwritten
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Dishonest
Doubt & ambivalence