doubtfulness

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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

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

And yet, if the British soldiers begin to see the doubtfulness of a final conquest, I think there must be hope.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

“I’m sure she would be delighted,” Henrietta smiled back, and not until an hour later did she remember, with a little qualm of doubtfulness, Mildred Annister’s evident jealousy of their previous motor ride.

From The Fate of Felix Brand by Kelly, Florence Finch