Hypertext Webster Gateway: "doubtfulness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doubtfulness \Doubt"ful*ness\, n.
1. State of being doubtful.
2. Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness. `` The
doubtfulness of his expressions.'' --Locke.
3. Uncertainty of event or issue. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doubtfulness
n 1: the state of being unsure of something [syn: {doubt}, {uncertainty},
{incertitude}, {dubiety}, {dubiousness}] [ant: {certainty}]
2: uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of
something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no
question about the validity of the enterprise" [syn: {doubt},
{dubiousness}, {question}]
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