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Doubtfully vs Undoubtedly - What's the difference?

doubtfully | undoubtedly |

As adverbs the difference between doubtfully and undoubtedly

is that doubtfully is in a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably while undoubtedly is without doubt.

doubtfully

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a doubtful manner, in context of doubt or ambiguity, questionably.
  • * 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
    • He looked at the mauve envelope doubtfully , and examined the postmark. "Where is Pudlington, James? and one might almost ask—why is Pudlington? No town has any right to such an offensive name."

    undoubtedly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Without doubt.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}

    Synonyms

    * indubitably * unquestionably * doubtlessly * undoubtably