"doubtfully" meaning in English

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      "form": "more doubtfully",
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      "form": "most doubtfully",
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond",
          "text": "He looked at the mauve envelope doubtfully, and examined the postmark. \"Where is Pudlington, James? and one might almost ask—why is Pudlington? No town has any right to such an offensive name.\"",
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          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "erkbayoren",
          "sense": "doubtful manner",
          "word": "երկբայորեն"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "erkbayabar",
          "sense": "doubtful manner",
          "word": "երկբայաբար"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "doubtful manner",
          "word": "dubtosament"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "doubtful manner",
          "word": "douteusement"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "doubtful manner",
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          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "doubtful manner",
          "word": "douteusement"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "doubtful manner",
          "word": "dubitavelmente"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "doubtful manner",
          "word": "dudosamente"
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  "word": "doubtfully"
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        "superlative"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erkbayoren",
      "sense": "doubtful manner",
      "word": "երկբայորեն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erkbayabar",
      "sense": "doubtful manner",
      "word": "երկբայաբար"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "doubtful manner",
      "word": "dubtosament"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "doubtful manner",
      "word": "douteusement"
    },
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "doubtful manner",
      "word": "dubiteble"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "doubtful manner",
      "word": "douteusement"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "doubtful manner",
      "word": "dubitavelmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "doubtful manner",
      "word": "dudosamente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doubtfully"
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