dubiously

comparative more dubiously · superlative most dubiously

1. In a dubious manner.

   But, this information is relegated to a footnote, and no examples of dubiously English words are provided.

   2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487

   1 more example

   They had perpetuated a dubiously holy union of Church and State that had refused for centuries to hear the cry of the poor and the oppressed.

   1993, William J. Leonard, The Letter Carrier, page 218

2. Accompanied by doubt, or anxious uncertainty.

   She looked dubiously up the steep path to the vastness of dark wood on either side. “How far is it up to the top?”

   1997, Kelly Joyce Neff, Dear Companion: The Inner Life of Martha Jefferson, page 167