Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Doubtful
doubtful, adj. [see doubt, n.] (webplay: certain, child, day, eye, knowledge, life, see).
- Not supposing.
- Unlikely; improbable, yet possible; dubious.
- Tremulous; not confident.
- Not certain or secure [fig.] two-fold.
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