Dubiety vs Dubiosity - What's the difference?
dubiety | dubiosity | Synonyms |
(uncountable) Doubtfulness.
* 1906 , , The Fortune Hunter , ch. 18,
(countable) A particular instance of doubt or uncertainty.
* 1843 , , book 2, ch. 2,
* 1851 , , ch. 4,
(rare) The state or characteristic of being dubious.
*1922 , , Ulysses , episode 16,
*:Possibly perceiving an expression of dubiosity on their faces, the globetrotter went on adhering to his adventures.
Dubiosity is a synonym of dubiety.
As nouns the difference between dubiety and dubiosity
is that dubiety is doubtfulness while dubiosity is the state or characteristic of being dubious.dubiety
English
Noun
- Graham fell in with the scheme without a murmur of dubiety or dissent.
- And yet these grim old walls are not a dilettantism and dubiety ; they are an earnest fact. It was a most real and serious purpose they were built for!
- Sterling's dubieties as to continuing at Bordeaux were quickly decided.