Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A feeling of doubt that often results in wavering. See Synonyms at uncertainty.
- n. A matter of doubt.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Doubtfulness; dubiousness.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable Doubtfulness.
- n. countable A particular instance of doubt or uncertainty.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the state of being unsure of something
Etymologies
- Late Latin dubietās, from Latin dubius, doubtful; see dubious. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It threw a kind of dubiety upon Susan's moral conduct.”
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb
“Well, first things first: to be honest, if she doesn't welcome fanfiction of her work, I'm inclined to think she can only be right about its ethical dubiety ... when it comes to fanfiction of her work, that is ... mostly.”
“But were the Republican party to become a permanent minority - or espouse big-gov - Benjamin Franklin's dubiety that America could "keep" her Republic will have been proven well justified. ndm”
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
“That impression seemed to be confirmed when Fabiano extended the lead with a goal of technique, persistence and considerable dubiety.”
The Guardian: World Cup 2010: Brazil beat Ivory Coast with Luís Fabiano's helping hand
“He again expressed his dubiety about parents who would take pictures of the injury but not seek medical attention for it.”
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“Is there a moral or ethical dubiety to the world itself then?”
“We have another Watcher, Wesley, who has his own descent into moral dubiety.”
“True, Summers has long been considered the genius of geniuses (regardless of my dubiety about this), and Geithner too is regarded as very smart.”
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“Also upcoming new constitution will be tossed in dubiety, if the polity of politics is not substantially changed accordance with the national need.”
“In that event, even if Obama manages to hold Hillary at bay in the delegate count, he will arrive at the convention in a disheveled state, with a cloud of dubiety hanging over him.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dubiety’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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Quaintnesses
For those who wish no words were ever forgotten
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wickedwitch's list
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Time for a new list!
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ADW1
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Willieb's Words
pusillanimous, exigible, extraneous, contemptible, banal, generic, secular, canard, acerbic, erudite, versus, atheist and 192 more...
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use•ful
palmary, glossolalia, bothum, high-proof, synesthesia, odious, autochthonous, yawp, mordacious, dynamo, dishevel, titely and 414 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
hobbledehoy, absquatulate, chthonic, prolix, ululate, internecine, verisimilitude, animadversion, concupiscence, vertiginous, cucullate, lucubrate and 1554 more...
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Words I have learned that I can't eve...
fillip, tocsin, subfusc, lacuna, popinjay, sylvan, dubiety, doff, mimetic, cogitate, chthonic, neophyte and 134 more...
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Dictionary.com Words of the Days of 2002
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asseverate, sentient, malapropos, agitprop, fiat, nimiety, surreptitious, pleonasm, abominate, discursive, countervail, myrmidon and 113 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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Delta
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devolve, defenestrate, defenestration, didactic, dragoman, distaff, donga, dagmar, dickensian, diacritic, démarche, dreg and 26 more...
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hagendas 2009
aptronym, legerdemain, canard, unctuous, pianissimo, paterfamilias, odious, poetaster, mellifluous, fantod, sacristan, debouch and 65 more...
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New and Thrilling
punaluan, ontic, arcadia, punctilio, nescience, misprision, episteme, hieratic, rebarbative, vaticinate, isopsephy, imbrication and 59 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
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jmjarmstrong JM doubts everything to do with dubiety. Aug 29, 2010