All 6 Uses
dubious
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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- As the lad stood in a dubious attitude, Durbeyfield put his hand in his pocket, and produced a shilling, one of the chronically few that he possessed.†
Chpt 1 *dubious = doubtful; or suspicious; or full of uncertainty -- sometimes to indicate that something described as good is actually bad
- "But I don't know that I am apt at tending fowls," said the dubious Tess.†
Chpt 1
- XI The twain cantered along for some time without speech, Tess as she clung to him still panting in her triumph, yet in other respects dubious.†
Chpt 1
- "Well, as to going up into their horns," replied Dairyman Crick dubiously, as though even witchcraft might be limited by anatomical possibilities, "I couldn't say; I certainly could not.†
Chpt 3dubiously = doubtfully or suspiciously
- But, before venturing to make the revelation, dubious Tess indirectly sounded the dairyman as to its possible effect upon Mr Clare, by asking the former if Mr Clare had any great respect for old county families when they had lost all their money and land.†
Chpt 3dubious = doubtful; or suspicious; or full of uncertainty -- sometimes to indicate that something described as good is actually bad
- And though she looked dubiously at the house-front as if inclined to return, it was with a breath of relied that she closed the gate.†
Chpt 5dubiously = doubtfully or suspiciously
Definitions:
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(1)
(dubious) doubtful, questionable, or suspicious -- especially in a way that makes something seem unreliable, improper, or uncertain
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."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)