Dubiety vs Dubious - What's the difference?
dubiety | dubious |
(uncountable) Doubtfulness.
* 1906 , , The Fortune Hunter , ch. 18,
(countable) A particular instance of doubt or uncertainty.
* 1843 , , book 2, ch. 2,
* 1851 , , ch. 4,
Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
* 2011 , Nigel Jones, "A Tale of Two Scandals", History Today , February 2011, Vol. 61 Issue 2, pages 10–17
In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
* 2010 , John M. Broder, "Global Climate-Change Talks Begin in Cancun With More Modest Expectations", New York Times , November 30, Section A, Column 0, Foreign Desk, page 12
As a noun dubiety
is (uncountable) doubtfulness.As an adjective dubious is
arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.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.
dubious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- After he made some dubious claims about the company, fewer people trusted him.
- Evasive, womanising, boastful, malicious, untrustworthy, an inveterate gambler who combined his mediocre military career with running a high-class brothel, permanently cash strapped and viciously quarrelsome, his character is as dubious as his unsavoury appearance.
- She was dubious about my plan at first, but later I managed to persuade her to cooperate.
- Last year, President Obama had large majorities in Congress and hopes of passing a comprehensive climate and energy bill. Next year, he faces a new Congress much more dubious about the reality of climate change and considerably more hostile to international efforts to deal with it.