doubtless

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Pronunciation
/ˈdaʊ̯tləs/
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/ˈdaʊ̯tləs/ · /ˈdʌʊ̯tləs/

Definition of doubtless

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Characterized by or experiencing no doubt at all, certain; undoubted; undoubting.
    “There are those who have doubtless faith in revelation.”
    “It is doubtless that the old reprobate who sued for his daughter's hand heard some unsavory truths from the man.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Characterized by or experiencing no doubt at all, certain; undoubted; undoubting.
    “There are those who have doubtless faith in revelation.”
    “It is doubtless that the old reprobate who sued for his daughter's hand heard some unsavory truths from the man.”
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete)Free from fear or suspicion.
    “And, pretty childe, ſleepe doubtleſſe, and ſecure, / That Hubert for the wealth of all the world, / Will not offend thee.”

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Without doubt; certainly; definitely; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly.
    “[…] And, doubtless, unto thee is given ⁠A life that bears immortal fruit ⁠In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven.”
    “I cannot remember that I spoke a word, though doubtless I did.”
    “The men, Dorothy thought, were about as old as Uncle Henry, for two of them had beards. But the little woman was doubtless much older: her face was covered with wrinkles, her hair was nearly white, and she walked rather stiffly.”
    “There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion".”
    “Thom Yorke’s onstage pronouncements became less abstract and more effusive, they played the songs the less committed audience members doubtless wanted to hear in the first place: Paranoid Android, Creep, Fake Plastic Trees and Karma Police. At the end of the latter, Yorke happily led an audience singalong.”

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Etymology

From Middle English douteles, dowteles, equivalent to doubt + -less.

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