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du·bi·ous

(do͞o′bē-əs, dyo͞o′-)

adj.

1. Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided.

2. Arousing doubt; doubtful: a dubious distinction.

3. Of questionable character: dubious profits.

[From Latin dubius; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

du′bi·ous·ly adv.

du′bi·ous·ness n.

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Adv.	1.	dubiously - in a questionable and dubious manner; "these were estates his father questionably acquired" questionably
	2.	dubiously - in a doubtful manner; "Gerald shook his head doubtfully" doubtfully

dubiously

adverb

With skepticism:

askance, doubtfully, questioningly, skeptically.

Idiom: with a grain of salt.

Translations

irrégulièrement

dubbiosamente

dubiously

[ˈdjuːbɪəslɪ] ADV [look at, smile] → con recelo, con desconfianza; [say] → con desconfianza
a concerto dubiously attributed to Albinoni → un concierto atribuido sin verdadera fundamento a Albinoni

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dubiously

[ˈdjuːbiəsli] adv

(= questionably) [convicted] → d'une manière discutable

(= uncertainly) [look at] → d'un air dubitatif; [say] → d'un ton dubitatif

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dubiously

adv

(= questionably, +vb) → fraglicherweise; (+adj) → fragwürdig; costly and dubiously effective treatment → teure Behandlungen von zweifelhafter Wirksamkeit

(= uncertainly) look → zweifelnd, skeptisch; say, suggest → zweifelnd, unsicher

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dubiously

[ˈdjuːbɪəslɪ] adv → con esitazione

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In the stern was Mugambi, and just in front of him squatted Akut, while between Akut and Tarzan the twelve hairy apes sat upon their haunches, blinking dubiously this way and that, and now and then turning their eyes longingly back toward shore.