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Meanings of doubtfulness in English

Portuguese
questão
Catalan
dubte
Spanish
duda

The state of being unsure of something.

    questão
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    Examples for "question"
    Examples for "question"
    1
    Another good question, because we have certainly seen that happen this year.
    Reuters
    2
    Without question, knowledge is power; but access to information is also important.
    Ebony
    3
    It's a really good question, I don't have a good answer yet.
    The new yorker
    4
    The real question, however, is whether a given herbal product actually works.
    The Irish Times
    5
    The largest question in democratic politics in Europe is: who's in charge?
    Reuters
    1
    That said; don't allow a moment of doubt to undo previous work.
    The South African
    2
    Often times African American students aren't given the benefit of the doubt.
    Ebony
    3
    The election result has cast doubt on popular support for that project.
    Reuters
    4
    I doubt any responsible American political leader would take any such position.
    War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
    5
    And the nature of their problem no doubt helps explain what happened.
    Echoes Of Honor
    1
    The list was long and familiar: Be authentic; inspire purpose; embrace uncertainty.
    The Irish Times
    2
    Fruit farmers Facebook Twitter Pinterest Farmers fear uncertainty over EU workers' rights.
    The Guardian
    3
    Significant uncertainty remains around the long-term future of other similar programmes, however.
    The Irish Times
    4
    One of the main sources of uncertainty in markets now is Europe.
    Reuters
    5
    However, there is uncertainty concerning how specialist depression services effect such change.
    Pubmed
    1
    Ill or well she would avoid the horrible incertitude on the death-bed.
    The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
    2
    While in this incertitude, he remembered his juggling, or rather his dream.
    The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and All...
    3
    Afterwards, no doubt, in certain cases, incertitude reappears, sometimes even decided objections.
    A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
    4
    For us-formy mother specially, what I am afraid of is incertitude.
    Under Western Eyes
    5
    Then, doubts crowded upon me in such numbers that my incertitude became complete.
    Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
    1
    There is little dubiety over who Kilmarnock will dedicate this victory to.
    The Guardian
    2
    She read there grudging admiration, arrested ardor, irresolution, dubiety, and secret calculation.
    The Palace of Darkened Windows
    3
    There is nothing in the street at that time but dubiety.
    Here are Ladies
    4
    I have been studying the law, and the law admits of no dubiety.
    Sir John Constantine / Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abr...
    5
    Adrienne's shrug was eloquent of the dubiety of such an enterprise.
    Jane Allen, Right Guard
    1
    This audience expressed its astonishment, in the dubiousness of its faint applause.
    The Rosary
    2
    She could not accept a 'perhaps' that cast dubiousness on her disinterested championship.
    Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1
    3
    It is unnecessary to point out the dubiousness of this theory!
    South America
    4
    Holmes, normally a late riser, appeared to have regained his dubiousness concerning the case.
    White fire
    5
    A neighboring cauldron was threatening to overflow, and this added to the dubiousness of the situation.
    Roughing It
    Usage of doubtfulness in English
    1
    The doubtfulness as to their adaptability to the representative form of government.
    The Arena, Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891
    2
    There was, in his mind, a strange mixture of credulity and doubtfulness.
    Lives of the English Poets / From Johnson to Kirke White, Design...
    3
    Nelly considered her question, but not in any doubtfulness of mind.
    Missing
    4
    But under both elation and concern there was a certain doubtfulness.
    The Great War Syndicate
    5
    Sir Roger's doubtfulness on the subject of witchcraft was not exceptional.
    The Coverley Papers, From 'The Spectator'
    6
    She was haunted by an uneasy sense of doubtfulness as to her social position.
    In the Year of Jubilee
    7
    Merlin said of Arthur-ifI read aright-thathis end should be hidden in doubtfulness.
    Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
    8
    Then his foot touched the other side with nervous doubtfulness.
    The Red Acorn
    9
    High Ridge knew his doubtfulness showed, but Descroix only smiled.
    War Of Honor
    10
    Doris sighed over the doubtfulness in her uncle's tone.
    A Little Girl in Old Boston
    11
    For wherever before we had a doubtful assertion, we have now an assertion of doubtfulness.
    Deductive Logic
    12
    Clear your throat of all doubtfulness, O Shen Yi, and speak to a definite end.
    Kai Lung's Golden Hours
    13
    He could not, however, control the doubtfulness that was impressing him with regard to Eugene Pearson.
    The Burglar's Fate, and The Detectives
    14
    Hinder not the will of God by doubtfulness.
    Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
    15
    The butler looked at him with some doubtfulness.
    Robert Elsmere
    16
    I would not credit it a moment, if you yourself were not the cause of my doubtfulness.
    French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
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