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Definition of doubtfully adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

doubtfully

adverb
 
/ˈdaʊtfəli/
 
/ˈdaʊtfəli/
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  1. in a way that shows you are uncertain and feeling doubt synonym dubiously (1)
    • She looked at him doubtfully.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDoubtfully is used with these verbs:
    • ask
    • eye
    • look
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  2. in a way that is unlikely to happen or be true
    • This poem has been doubtfully attributed to Swift.
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