Meanings
comparative more undoubtedly · superlative most undoubtedly
- Without doubt; definitely.
The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 20202 more examples
He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.
1956 May, “Transport in Ulster”, in Railway Magazine, page 279“It’s been a long process and I’ve come close to giving up along the way, but this is undoubtedly the craziest archaeological excavation I’ve yet been part of,” Bloch said in the news release.
2025 May 2, Amarachi Orie, “Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2025Synonyms: indubitably, unquestionably, doubtlessly, undoubtably, without a doubt, sure
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbWithout doubt; definitely.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwithout doubt; certainly
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishundoutedly
- Englishundoubtedly
From Middle English undoutedly, equivalent to undoubted + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian несъмнено
- несъмнено (nesămneno)without doubt
Catalan indubtablement
- indubtablementwithout doubt
Chinese Cantonese 實 /实
- 實 /实 (sat⁶)without doubt
Chinese Mandarin 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问
- 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问 (háowú yíwèn)without doubt
Dutch ongetwijfeld, zonder twijfel
- ongetwijfeldwithout doubt
- zonder twijfelwithout doubt
Esperanto sendube
- sendubewithout doubt
Finnish epäilemättä
- epäilemättäwithout doubt
French sans aucun doute, sans nul doute
- sans aucun doutewithout doubt
- sans nul doutewithout doubt
German zweifellos
- zweifelloswithout doubt
Greek αδιαμφισβήτητα
- αδιαμφισβήτητα (adiamfisvítita)without doubt
Hindi निस्संदेह
- निस्संदेह (nissandeh)without doubt
Hungarian kétségtelenül
- kétségtelenülwithout doubt
Icelandic eflaust, efalaust
- eflaustwithout doubt
- efalaustwithout doubt
- vafalaustwithout doubt
- ugglaustwithout doubt
Italian indubbiamente, senza dubbio
- indubbiamentewithout doubt
- senza dubbiowithout doubt
Japanese 疑いもなく
- 疑いもなく (utagai mo naku)without doubt
Portuguese indubitavelmente
- indubitavelmentewithout doubt
Russian несомне́нно
- несомне́нно (nesomnénno)without doubt
Spanish indudadamente
- indudadamentewithout doubt
Swedish otvivelaktligen, tvivelsutan
- otvivelaktligenwithout doubt
- tvivelsutanwithout doubt
Cite this entry
undoubtedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undoubtedly
“undoubtedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undoubtedly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undoubtedly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undoubtedly.
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