Synonyms for questionably

Grammar : Adv

Spell : kwes-chuh-nuh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɛs tʃə nə bəl

Définition of questionably

Origin : 1580s, "that may be interrogated;" c.1600, "open to dispute, doubtful," from question (v.) + -able. Deprecatory sense of "dubious in character" is attested from 1806. Related: Questionably.

As in tentatively : adv hesitantly
As in doubtfully : adv skeptically

Example sentences :

His powers and purposes are questionably beneficent, at best.
Extract from : « Doctor Grimshawe's Secret » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Plumage exactly like that of Kumlien Gull and questionably a new species.
Extract from : « The Bird Book » by Chester A. Reed

But, except to the insatiables of "what happened next," these parts are as questionably important as they are decidedly doubtful.
Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury

Long, however, ere they reached Ostia, the night had fallen; and their situation began to be more than questionably safe.
Extract from : « Hypatia » by Charles Kingsley

It may be observed that, in a Fragment, he questionably personifies Pelasgus.
Extract from : « Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 » by W. E. Gladstone

She knew that a visitor was coming, and the questionably white wrapper had been exchanged for an ordinary dress.
Extract from : « The Claverings » by Anthony Trollope

This questionably honest couple were both supposed to be clever men of business, but Fendant was more slippery than Cavalier.
Extract from : « A Distinguished Provincial at Paris » by Honore de Balzac

The unjust steward was a knave, but he was in earnest; and so was the questionably honest man who found treasure in a field.
Extract from : « The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire » by T. R. Glover

Trionyx carinatus is questionably listed as a synonym of ferox by Stejneger (1944:27).
Extract from : « North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) » by Robert G. Webb

Webb and Legler (1960:24) questionably referred this record to the synonomy of T. ater, which resembles muticus.
Extract from : « North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) » by Robert G. Webb

Antonyms for questionably

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