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Doubtfulness   Listen
noun
Doubtfulness  n.  
1.
State of being doubtful.
2.
Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness. " The doubtfulness of his expressions."
3.
Uncertainty of event or issue.





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"Doubtfulness" Quotes from Famous Books



... in which I have been a most unfortunate actor, having to my infinite grief, which I shall feel till the man is at peace, been instrumental in protracting his misery a fortnight, by what I meant as the kindest thing I could do. I never knew poor Byng enough to bow to; but the great doubtfulness of his crime, and the extraordinariness of his sentence, the persecution of his enemies, who sacrifice him for their own guilt and the rage of a blinded nation, have called forth all my pity for him. His enemies triumph, but who can envy ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 2 • Horace Walpole


Words linked to "Doubtfulness" :   skepticism, disbelief, suspicion, indecisiveness, state of mind, irresolution, incertitude, suspense, distrust, uncertainness, arriere pensee, precariousness, dubiousness, cognitive state, indecision


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