"dubiously" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈdub.i.əs.li/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dubiously.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-dubiously.wav [US] Forms: more dubiously [comparative], most dubiously [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dubiusbor. English dubious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dubiously From dubious + -ly. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|dubious|-ly<id:adverb>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin dubiusbor. English dubious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dubiously [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "dubious", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dubius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dubious", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "adverb", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "like", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leyg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*līką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkê", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līkē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "gem-pro", "2" : ":der", "3" : "*līką", "id" : "-like" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līk", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ā", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-e", "lang" : "ang" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dubiously", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="dubiously"> From dubious + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} dubiously (comparative more dubiously, superlative most dubiously)
  1. In a dubious manner. Translations (in a dubious manner): dubtosament (Catalan), 可疑地 (Chinese Mandarin), 怀疑地 (Chinese Mandarin), pochybně (Czech), kahtlustäratavalt (Estonian), kõhklevalt (Estonian), dubitativement (French), douteusement (French), fraglicherweise (German), dubitale (Ido), dubbiosamente (Italian), biguman (Northern Kurdish), wątpliwie (Polish), duvidosamente (Portuguese), dudosamente (Spanish)
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  2. Accompanied by doubt, or anxious uncertainty.
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "dubtosament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "可疑地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "怀疑地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "pochybně"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "kahtlustäratavalt"
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      "lang": "Estonian",
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      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "kõhklevalt"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "dubitativement"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "douteusement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "fraglicherweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "dubitale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "dubbiosamente"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "lang_code": "kmr",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "biguman"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "wątpliwie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "duvidosamente"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "in a dubious manner",
      "word": "dudosamente"
    }
  ],
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}

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