dubitable

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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

It was an odd little encounter, that left vague and dubitable impressions in her mind.

From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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.

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

And there are further beautiful subtleties as to whether she really believes in this more kindly interpretation of the refined but dubitable Deshman….

From Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)