dubi

n.; pl. Dubiosities [ L. dubiosus. ] The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dubius, dubiosus, fr. duo two. See Two, and cf. Doubt. ] 1. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. “Dubious policy.” Sir T. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dubious, agitated state of mind. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious pocket handkerchief. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.

Syn. -- Doubtful; doubting; unsettled; undetermined; equivocal; uncertain. Cf. Doubtful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dubious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being dubious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dubitabilis. Cf. Doubtable. ] Liable to be doubted; uncertain. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. -- Du"bi*ta*bly, adv. [R.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ LL. dubitantia. ] Doubt; uncertainty. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. dubitatus, p. p. of dubitare. See Doubt. ] To doubt. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If he . . . were to loiter dubitating, and not come. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dubitatio. ] Act of doubting; doubt. [ R. ] Sir T. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]