doubtfully

Example Sentences

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Doubtfully, the passenger pays the cabby and walks over to try the door of the store.

From Time Magazine Archive

Doubtfully, Ralph laid the small end of the shell against his mouth and blew.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Doubtfully, diffidently, I hearken what the mind can plead.

From The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by Gissing, George

Then slides down, quietly, to the floor, Doubtfully watching the outer door.

From On the Tree Top by Curtis, Jessie

Doubtfully they looked into the threatening future, and their horizon grew darker still when they learned that all of a sudden they had fallen under spiritual sway.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil