doubtfulness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Middle English doutefulnesse, dowtefulnesse, equivalent to doubtful + -ness.

The butler looked at him with some doubtfulness. — Robert Elsmere, Humphry, Mrs. Ward
The prompting voice of the Socratic dream-vision is the only sign of doubtfulness as to the limits of logical nature. — The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
‘Well,’ Hazell began, with equal doubtfulness, ‘as for that--’ ‘Where’s ‘e orf?’ It was the man in the bows who interrupted Hazell. — The Grand Babylon Hôtel, Arnold Bennett

doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, dubiousness

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