Both Uses of
dubious
in
Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- And yet, from time to time, Poirot continued to sniff it dubiously, as though his keener nose detected something I had missed.
Chpt 10 *dubiously = suspiciously
- The front door had opened and a neat little maid in cap and apron was looking somewhat dubiously at the spectacle of a heavily moustached foreign gentleman talking aloud to himself in the front garden.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(dubious) doubtfulin various senses, including:
- questionable or doubtful that something should be relied upon -- as in "The argument relies on a dubious assumption."
- suspicious or doubtful that something is morally proper -- as in "The company is accused of using dubious sales practices to influence minors."
- bad or of questionable value -- as in "The state has the dubious distinction of the highest taxes."
- uncertain or doubtful -- as in "She is dubious about making the change."