doubtfully
/ˈdaʊtf(ə)li/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdaʊtf(ə)li/
doubtfully
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- Final y vowel sound
doub - tful - ly -> doubtfully
Myanmar meaning
(adv) သံသယဖြစ်လျက်။
Full entry
၁။ ~ (about sth/doing sth) မသေချာ သော။ သံသယဖြစ်သော။ မရေမရာဖြစ်သော။
She looked rather doubtful. ❍ I feel doubtful about going/about whether to go or not.
၂။ ~ (whether/if/that…) ဖြစ်နိုင်ခြေ မရှိသော။ ဖြစ်နိုင်မည် မထင်သော။
It is extremely/increasingly doubtful that anyone survived the explosion.
၃။ စိတ်မချရသော။ The weather looks rather doubtful. ❍ The horse is a doubtful runner/starter (ie may not take part in the race).
၄။ မရိုးသားဟန်ရှိသော။ မစစ်မမှန်ဟု ထင်ရသော။ a witness of doubtful character/honesty ❍ a joke in doubtful taste. မနိပ်တဲ့ပြက်လုံး။ doubtfully /-fǝli/ adv
More examples
- Already the whole project was looking doubtful.
- [it is doubtful (that)/whether/if/how] : It is doubtful whether he will survive.
- Kirkwood is doubtful for tonight’s match.
- You still seem a bit doubtful.
- [doubtful about] : He was doubtful about the accuracy of the results.
- [doubtful (that)/whether/if] : The board was doubtful that her estimates were realistic.
- Documents of doubtful authenticity
Synonyms
uncertain, unsure, hesitant, disbelieving, cynical, suspicious, unconvinced, distrustful, agnostic, ambiguous, baffled, borderline, chancy, clouded, confused, contingent, debatable, dicey, discomposed, disconcerted, disreputable, distracted, disturbed, doubtable, doubting, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, faithless, faltering, far-fetched, fat chance, fishy, flustered, hazardous, hazy, hesitating, iffy, improbable, impugnable, in a quandary, in clouds, in dilemma, in doubt, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, irresolute, like doubting Thomas, long shot, lost, not believing, not following, obscure, of two minds, on thin ice, open, pending, perplexed, precarious, problematic, puzzled, questionable, questioning, shady, shaky, skeptical, sneaky, speculative, suspect, tentative, theoretical, touch-and-go, touchy, troubled, unclear, unconfirmed, undecided, uneasy, unlikely, unpromising, unreliable, unresolved, unsettled, unstable, untrustworthy, up for grabs, vacillating, wavering, without belief
Antonyms
absolutely, believing, categorically, certain, clear, come hell or high water, confident, confirmed, consummately, convinced, decided, decisive, decisively, definite, determined, exact, indubious, no ifs ands or buts, no strings attached, on the button, on the money, probable, reliable, resolved, safe, secure, settled, stable, straight out, strong, sure, sure as can be, sure as hell, sure enough, the very thing, trusting, trustworthy, trusty, unambiguously, undoubted, unquestionable, very thing
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