without doubt

A form of without a doubt — certainly; doubtlessly; unquestionably; indisputably; doubtless; surely; no doubt; without any doubt.

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. alternativeAlternative form of without a doubt.

    This without doubt hath wofully insnarled your peoples Consciences and is one great reason they are so full of fears and scruples

    1669, Simon Patrick, A Continuation of the Friendly Debate
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    These cars without doubt were the salvation of the C.I.E. network, as they provided fast, economical services with a degree of comfort which did much to retrieve a flagging passenger traffic.

    1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 467

    Despite all the attention focused on Beth, when Gossip performs, they are without doubt a band: Nathan and Hannah Billie, the drummer, being just as cartoon charismatic as Beth herself, though perhaps less likely to strip to their knicks and dive-bomb the crowd.

    2009 July 5, Miranda Sawyer, “Everything that you think is weird is normal to me”, in The Observer

Synonyms & antonyms

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Chicago

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