dubitable

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The matter of drawing the formal contract, for instance, must be attended with all possible legal safe-guards, especially when we were dealing with a person whose honor was perhaps dubitable.

From Mary Wollaston by Webster, Henry Kitchell

But the merely dubitable is the already doubtful.

From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.

And of what importance is it to inquire what intelligence was brought him, or when he received it, if it appears that his intelligence must be in its own nature uncertain and dubitable?

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I by Johnson, Samuel

But the forms which logicians introduce, and which proceed from simple enumeration, are dubitable, and proceed only upon admittance— Y. Mir.

From The Inconstant by Farquhar, George

His motive in getting off the car was at least dubitable.

From The Real Adventure by Crosby, Raymond Moreau