S vs Doubtless - What's the difference?
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The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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Characterized by or experiencing no doubt at all, certain; undoubted; undoubting.
* 1880 , B. Stewart and P. G. Tait, The Unseen Universe , Macmillan (London), p. xiii:
* 1927 , , The Outlaw of Torn , ch. 7:
(obsolete) Free from fear or suspicion.
* Shakespeare
Without doubt; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly.
* 1893 , , "The Realm Of The Unreal":
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz):
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As an adjective doubtless is
characterized by or experiencing no doubt at all, certain; undoubted; undoubting.As an adverb doubtless is
without doubt; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly.s
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)Letter
Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}doubtless
English
Adjective
(-)- There are those who have doubtless faith in revelation.
- It is doubtless that the old reprobate who sued for his daughter's hand heard some unsavory truths from the man.
- Pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure.
Derived terms
* doubtlessnessAdverb
(-)- I cannot remember that I spoke a word, though doubtless I did.
- The men, Dorothy thought, were about as old as Uncle Henry, for two of them had beards. But the little woman was doubtless much older. Her face was covered with wrinkles, her hair was nearly white, and she walked rather stiffly.