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questionably



ADVERB
tentatively
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The Hurricanes punished him all night, sometimes legally, sometimes questionably, but he stayed composed, turning to unheralded receiver Charlie Becker as a security blanket.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

On a Chargers third-and-goal at the 17, Miami questionably lined up most of its defenders in the end zone.

From Seattle Times Dec. 12, 2022

Dutton’s goal isn’t expansion, it’s holding on to his questionably attained acreage and with it, his dominance over all he surveys.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2022

Restoring the world, including the planet we inhabit, has become the job of questionably capable humans.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2022

They had no intensive agriculture, and only questionably any agriculture at all.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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