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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doubtful \Doubt"ful\, a. 1. Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as we are doubtful of a fact or of the propriety of a measure. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful. --Shak. With doubtful feet and wavering resolution. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: doubtful adj 1: open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney [syn: {dubious}, {dubitable}, {in question(p)}] 2: fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go" [syn: {dubious}] 3: unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions" [syn: {tentative}]
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