doubtful
adjective
of uncertain outcome or result.
doubtfulness
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a word derived from
doubtful.
Example Sentences
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There was too much doubtfulness in what he was doing.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2013
The party candidates in their relative degrees of surety, probability and doubtfulness are herewith presented.
From Time Magazine Archive
What a wonderful incongruity it is for a man to see the doubtfulness in which things are involved, and yet be impatient out of action, or vehement in it!
From Some Remains (hitherto unpublished) of Joseph Butler, LL.D. by Edward Steere
"Meinzer," the voice said, with a curious doubtfulness.
From Pursuit by Lester Del Rey
A certain doubtfulness hangs over the circumstances of Burke's life previous to the opening of his public career.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
