Doubtful

Definition of doubtful:

part of speech: adjective

Full of doubt: undetermined: not clear: not secure: suspicious: not confident.

part of speech: adjective

Undetermined; uncertain; suspicious; unsafe.

part of speech: noun

DOUBTFULNESS.

part of speech: adjective

Of uncertain issue; questionable; hazardous; insecure; dubious.

part of speech: adverb

Doubtfully.

Usage examples for doubtful:

• I can imagine, dear friend, that this sweetheart was of very doubtful character. "The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine", Heinrich Heine.

• Men laughed, but some of them began to admit that the case was doubtful "The Whirlpool", George Gissing.

• " But," he added, with a doubtful air, " are you coming for the sake of Montauran?" "The Chouans", Honore de Balzac.

• It was doubtful whether he would marry Maddy Clyde, if he could. "Aikenside", Mary J. Holmes.