doubtfulness

Example Sentences

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There was too much doubtfulness in what he was doing.

From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2013

The party candidates in their relative degrees of surety, probability and doubtfulness are herewith presented.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those leaves of births following the doubtful books of Scripture, registered with such painful and needless particularity of dates, partake of the doubtfulness of their neighborhood.

From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by Curtis, George William

There are, however, some few instances in which there are exceptions to this rule, and knowledge of these exceptions is quite valuable in preventing confusion and doubtfulness in the certainty of making specific alterations.

From Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches by Kleinlein, Walter J.

When I assent to a doubtfulness, or to a probability, my assent, as such, is as complete as if I assented to a truth; it is not a certain degree of assent.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry