Synonyms for problematically

Grammar : Adv

Spell : prob-luh-mat-ik

Phonetic Transcription : ˌprɒb ləˈmæt ɪk

Définition of problematically

Origin : c.1600, "doubtful, questionable," from French problematique (15c.), from Late Latin problematicus, from Greek problematikos "pertaining to a problem," from problematos, genitive of problema (see problem). Specific sense in logic, differentiating what is possible from what is necessarily true, is from 1610s. Related: Problematical (1560s); problematically.

As in doubtfully : adv skeptically

Example sentences :

The similarity between the words "sandlotter" and "sansculotte" is problematically significant, but indubitably suggestive.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

That meant a problematically useful, indubitably dull debate.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914 » by Various

Awfully good of you to worry about my sufferings in being obliged to reply to your—problematically—boring letters!
Extract from : « An Unknown Lover » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

At this time I am not problematically given; I have a humour of complaisance upon me, and will contradict no man.
Extract from : « Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) » by John Dryden

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