Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dubiousness; doubtfulness.
- noun Something doubtful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rare The state or characteristic of being
dubious .
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Examples
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And these may serve, to objective observers, to reduce the horror! the alledged dubiosity.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why the Neglect of Communist Crimes Matters 2009
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Perhaps I'll have the time later to come back to this heaving pile of dubiosity.
Archive 2008-03-23 2008
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By the very nature of their work, private investigators bear witness to the unseen world of human dubiosity.
Archive 2008-02-01 Thatsnews 2008
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Perhaps I'll have the time later to come back to this heaving pile of dubiosity.
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Bet Im on that List, A KOOK, where I used to Work, would be the Cause of such monetary dubiosity;
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Possibly perceiving an expression of dubiosity on their faces the globetrotter went on, adhering to his adventures. —
Ulysses 2003
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Possibly perceiving an expression of dubiosity on their faces the globetrotter went on, adhering to his adventures.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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Mrs. Berry had not cogitated long ere she pronounced distinctly and without a shadow of dubiosity: "My opinion is -- married or not married, and wheresomever he pick her up -- she's nothin 'more nor less than a Bella Donna!" as which poisonous plant she forthwith registered the lady in the botanical note-book of her brain.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Mrs. Berry had not cogitated long ere she pronounced distinctly and without a shadow of dubiosity: "My opinion is -- married or not married, and wheresomever he pick her up -- she's nothin 'more nor less than a Bella Donna!" as which poisonous plant she forthwith registered the lady in the botanical note-book of her brain.
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868
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Mrs. Berry had not cogitated long ere she pronounced distinctly and without a shadow of dubiosity: "My opinion is -- married or not married, and wheresomever he pick her up -- she's nothin 'more nor less than a Bella Donna!" as which poisonous plant she forthwith registered the lady in the botanical note-book of her brain.
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete George Meredith 1868
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