Meanings
comparative more unquestionably · superlative most unquestionably
- Without question; beyond doubt; indubitably.
Mary Slessor wasn’t technically the first missionary to oppose twin killing in Calabar, but she was unquestionably the most effective and relentless.
2025 November 25, Segun Dukeh, “Who Stopped the Killing of Twins in Nigeria?”, in The Guardian1 more example
It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.
1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwithout question
adverbwithout question and beyond doubt
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From unquestionable + -ly or un- + question + -ably.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَلاَ
- أَلاَ (ʔala:/)without doubt
Catalan indubtablement
- indubtablementwithout doubt
Chinese Mandarin 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问
- 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问 (háowúyíwèn)without doubt
Finnish kiistatta, kiistattomasti
- kiistattawithout doubt
- kiistattomastiwithout doubt
French indubitablement, sans l'ombre d'un doute
- indubitablementwithout doubt
- sans l'ombre d'un doutewithout doubt
Greek αναμφισβήτητα, ασυζητητί
- αναμφισβήτητα (anamfisvítita)without doubt
- ασυζητητί (asyzitití)without doubt
- αναντίρρητα (anantírrita)without doubt
- αναμφίβολα (anamfívola)without doubt
Hungarian kétségtelenül, kétségkívül
- kétségtelenülwithout doubt
- kétségkívülwithout doubt
- kétségbevonhatatlanulwithout doubt
- tagadhatatlanulwithout doubt
- vitathatatlanulwithout doubt
Polish bezapelacyjnie, bezdyskusyjnie
- bezapelacyjniewithout doubt
- bezdyskusyjniewithout doubt
Russian бесспо́рно, несомне́нно
- бесспо́рно (besspórno)without doubt
- несомне́нно (nesomnénno)without doubt
Spanish indudablemente
- indudablementewithout doubt
Swedish otvivelaktigt, utan tvivel
- otvivelaktigtwithout doubt
- utan tvivelwithout doubt
- obestridligenwithout doubt
Turkish kuşkusuz, şüphesiz
- kuşkusuzwithout doubt
- şüphesizwithout doubt
Cite this entry
unquestionably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unquestionably
“unquestionably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unquestionably. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unquestionably,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unquestionably.
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