Hypertext Webster Gateway: "doubtful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doubtful \Doubt"ful\, a.
1. Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating
in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its
action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are
doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.
Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I
am doubtful. --Shak.
With doubtful feet and wavering resolution.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doubtful
adj 1: open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past";
"he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found
uncertain the other found dubious or downright false";
"it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as
influential as she thought"- Karen Horney [syn: {dubious},
{dubitable}, {in question(p)}]
2: fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that
the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would
be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go" [syn: {dubious}]
3: unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative
conclusions" [syn: {tentative}]
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