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"I beg your pardon, general," said the officer doubtingly, "but"—— "You are not intruding, Colonel Hamilton," said the general quietly.

From Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown by Colles, Julia Keese

Whenever he ventured his chances in life, things had turned out ill; all his lottery tickets were blanks, and he shook his head doubtingly, and made no reply.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

"We might, Sir," said the man, doubtingly, "but its more likely we'd be blown out to sea."

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

I therefore can only venture distantly and doubtingly to allude to it, as one of the points at which it appears to me that innovation is visibly and audibly at work.

From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton

The knights also arose, and Thorstenson and Rimaardson looked doubtingly at each other; but Drost Peter now felt himself entirely at his ease.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin