doubtless

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This doubtless was the act of the general's party, and not of the general himself.

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  1. adverb Certainly: The wind was doubtless a factor.
  2. adverb Presumably; probably: as you doubtless already know.
  3. adjective Certain; assured.

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  • This doubtless has been the happiness of many saints who have not even left their names behind them. —  Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8)
  • [23:1 This doubtless was a fair specimen of the inscribed amulets, worn by German peasants in the fifteenth century Even nowadays the names of the three magi are often to be seen, as talismanic symbols, upon the doors and walls of dwellings in certain Roman Catholic countries; a fact noted by the present writer, while sojourning in the Austrian Tyrol a few years ago FOOTNOTES 20:1] M. F. Blumler, A History of Amulets 22:1] The Century Dictionary. —  Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
  • Let me relieve my conscience by counselling thee to be, in the first place, devout, to God: for this doubtless is our first duty, failing which all others can be of little advantage or grace, but which, duly observed, carries with it necessarily all other virtues. —  The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 01
  • This doubtless was a humorous exaggeration, but it is true that the average salaries hitherto paid in our public libraries, with few exceptions, do not quite come up to those of public school teachers, taking the various grades into account. —  A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries
  • "[12] This doubtless was the Orsini palace on Monte Giordano, which was close to Cardinal Borgia's residence According to the Italian custom, which has survived to the present day, the education of the daughters was entrusted to women in convents, where the young girls were required to pass a few years, afterwards to come forth into the world to be married. —  Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
 

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  1. The b inserted as in doubt; from Middle English douteles, from doute, doubt: see doubt, n., and -less.
 

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