Doubtfully
['dautfuli]
Definition
(adv.) in a doubtful manner; 'Gerald shook his head doubtfully'.
Edited by Candice--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a doubtful manner.
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Examples
- Mrs. Clements sighed and shook her head doubtfully. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Laura shook her head doubtfully. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The boy looked up doubtfully at her and murmured, I don't think I want it any longer. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She looked doubtfully from the banker to Archer. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- As you do us such ample justice now, said Emma, laughing, I will venture to ask, whether you did not come a little doubtfully at first? Jane Austen. Emma.
- This view was long ago doubtfully suggested by Sprengel, Knight and Kolreuter. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I said, somewhat doubtfully. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Well, I don't know, sir, replied Dick doubtfully, but I don't believe in him one bit. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And the little man took a warning pinch, and shook his head doubtfully. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Well, I shouldn't wonder if it was,' returned the old man doubtfully. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He looked at it doubtfully. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Charles Darnay shook his head and doubtfully smiled, as the carriage rolled away. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He shook his head doubtfully. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I would fain go with 'ee, said the old man doubtfully. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Both husband and wife glanced at him, very doubtfully. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The watchman said no more, but opened the gate, though rather doubtfully. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Perker shrugged his shoulders doubtfully, but observing Mr. Pickwick's anxious and disappointed look, rejoined-- 'Of course there is a chance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Will looked doubtfully at Dorothea, but his manner was gathering some of the defiant courage with which he always thought of this fact in his destiny. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Well, you have succeeded, sir, observed Maurice doubtfully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Martin shook his head doubtfully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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