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doubtless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈdʌʊ̯tləs/ (Canada)
- /ˈdaʊ̯tləs/
Etymology
From Middle English douteles, dowteles, equivalent to doubt + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Characterized by or experiencing no doubt at all, certain; undoubted; undoubting.
It is doubtless that the old reprobate who sued for his daughter's hand heard some unsavory truths from the man.
1927, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 7, in The Outlaw of Torn:There are those who have doubtless faith in revelation.
1880, B. Stewart, P. G. Tait, The Unseen Universe, London: Macmillan, page xiii:
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Free from fear or suspicion.
And, pretty childe, ſleepe doubtleſſe, and ſecure, / That Hubert for the wealth of all the world, / Will not offend thee.
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14, column 2:
Forms
Deriveds
doubtlessly · doubtlessness
Translations (11)
de zweifellos (characterized by no doubt) · eo senduba (characterized by no doubt) · cs nepochybný (characterized by no doubt) · bg несъмне́н (characterized by no doubt) · pl bez wątpliwości (characterized by no doubt) · bg си́гурен (characterized by no doubt) · de zweifelsfrei (characterized by no doubt) · non iflauss (characterized by no doubt) · bg безспо́рен (characterized by no doubt) · sv tveklös (characterized by no doubt) · ru несомне́нный (characterized by no doubt)
doubtless en · ADV
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈdʌʊ̯tləs/ (Canada)
- /ˈdaʊ̯tləs/
Etymology
From Middle English douteles, dowteles, equivalent to doubt + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without doubt; certainly; definitely; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly.
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.
1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Council with The Munchkins”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 21:[…] And, doubtless, unto thee is given
A life that bears immortal fruit
In such great offices as suit
The full-grown energies of heaven.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXIX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 61:I cannot remember that I spoke a word, though doubtless I did.
1893, Ambrose Bierce, The Realm Of The Unreal:There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion".
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 9:Thom Yorke’s onstage pronouncements became less abstract and more effusive, they played the songs the less committed audience members doubtless wanted to hear in the first place: Paranoid Android, Creep, Fake Plastic Trees and Karma Police. At the end of the latter, Yorke happily led an audience singalong.
2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2017:
Forms
Synonyms
indubitably · without doubt · indisputably · unquestionably · undoubtably · without a doubt · undoubtedly
Translations (15)
eo sendube (without question) · bg несъмне́но (without question) · bg безспо́рно (without question) · sv tveklöst (without question) · nl zonder twijfel (without question) · non iflaust (without question) · fr indubitablement (without question) · fi epäilemättä (without question) · nl ongetwijfeld (without question) · fr sans aucun doute (without question) · fr sans nul doute (without question) · da utvivlsomt (without question) · de zweifellos (without question) · sv utan tvivel (without question) · bg си́гурно (without question)