Adjective : a dubious reply. ,a dubious compliment; a dubious transaction. ,in dubious battle. From Dictionary.com.
"I guess so," agreed his chum, somewhat dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles] Reference
"But he hasn't warmed up," said Brennan dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
He looked dubiously at the sagging ice-laden wires. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
"I do not know about recovery," I answered, dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
"Yes, I see you did," remarked Mr. Ringold, dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
"Just down there, somewhere," said Hoffland dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
A little frightened, Shirley approached him dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
"Well, sir, I'm not quite sure," Macklin said dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Smith calculated this wind, and shook his head dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
The cat sniffed it dubiously and then decided he liked it. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Mouse] Reference
"Not in the legal sense, perhaps," said Reggie, dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
"Where would you imprison them?" asked Macloud, dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
Cyn did not press the point, but shook her head, dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
But, as her eyes ran over them, she shook her head dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
"I s'pose it's because he always does," Duncan replied dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Shann eyed the narrow space between two fanglike rocks dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
The old gentleman was glad to hear me say so, but smiled dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
The cabman looked at her dubiously as he asked where he was to go to. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Cora and the Professor looked dubiously at one another for an instant. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
He looked dubiously at the electric airship and shrugged his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
Turrentine cabin, then bent dubiously and set up her overturned bucket. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
"But," said my friend, somewhat dubiously, "what paper are you going to?". From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
"They don't sound very nice," said Marjorie, dubiously, making a wry face. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
"You're sure you don't mean feet instead of miles?" suggested Tim dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
"Unless they can close it up, or turn water in," suggested Snake, dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X] Reference
Mandelstam: Stares at him dubiously; it's been years since they were friends. From Wordnik.com. [IN THE JAWS OF KRONOS] Reference
"Far enough away to have got beyond our reach," Mrs. McDougall said, dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
"Are yez sayrious, I dunno, at all, at all?" inquired Myles, somewhat dubiously. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
He turned his hat in his hand, eyeing her dubiously but more calmly than before. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
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