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Word entry · 8 letters

doubtful

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"Far from certain"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈdaʊtfəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bdflotuuStarts with DEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. fraught with uncertainty or doubt

Word origin

From Middle English doutfull, douteful, equivalent to doubt + -ful.

Used in a sentence

  • Yet it is not the predominant views of the experts but the views of a minority, mostly of rather doubtful standing in their profession, which are taken up and spread by the intellectuals.
  • The pupils of her great eyes were large in the doubtful lamplight, swallowing their green fires in deep pools of mystery and darkness.
  • They had their lists of Liberals and of the doubtfuls who still remained doubtful. As the election drew near, the force of the whole organization was turned upon these unrepentant doubtfuls.

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