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
Thus the New Academy enlarged on the doubtfulness of all beyond the individual consciousness; Stoicism insisted on individual dutifulness, Epicureanism on individual self-satisfaction.
From A Short History of Greek Philosophy by John Marshall
This doubtfulness is daily increasing, and nevertheless Mr. Lincoln keeps that incapacity in command because he does not wish to hurt McClellan's feelings.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
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 John Henry Newman
