dubiously

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   In a dubious manner.

   They had perpetuated a dubiously holy union of Church and State that had refused for centuries to hear the cry of the poor and the oppressed.

2. 2
   adv

   Accompanied by doubt, or anxious uncertainty.

   She looked dubiously up the steep path to the vastness of dark wood on either side. “How far is it up to the top?”

3. 3
   adv

   in a doubtful manner

4. 4
   adv

   in a questionable and dubious manner

Etymology

From dubious + -ly.