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Meanings of dubiousness in English

Portuguese
questão
Catalan
dubte
Spanish
duda

The state of being unsure of something.

    questão
    Usage of dubiousness in English
    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
    6
    The door opened, with a certain stately dubiousness.
    V. V.'s Eyes
    7
    The report met with some understandable dubiousness.
    A short history of nearly everything
    8
    Her normal look of practical dubiousness returned.
    Make Mine Homogenized
    9
    That was an old saying to indicate dubiousness, but in this case, dr'Shee realized, it was actually true.
    Jem
    10
    The marks of dubiousness and indecision which accompanied these words encouraged me in endeavouring to subdue his scruples.
    Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
    11
    The incident increased Shefford's dubiousness.
    The Rainbow Trail
    12
    The officer peered at him from under the brim of his hat, dubiousness writ plain on his young, good-looking face.
    Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
    13
    He was facing her squarely, but she looked at him a little sideways, and a little curiously, in demure dubiousness.
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917
    14
    Their rascality and general dubiousness was so transparent that he could not understand how any one could be taken in by them.
    Burning Daylight
    15
    Redworth was guilty of a sigh: for now Diana Warwick stood free; doubly free, he was reduced to reflect in a wavering dubiousness.
    Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5
    16
    As my thoughts began to flow with fewer impediments, the image of Pleyel, and the dubiousness of his condition, again recurred to me.
    Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
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