questionably C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈkwɛstʃənəbli/ UK /ˈkwɛstʃənəbli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv in a way open to doubt or of dubious quality The funds were questionably allocated without any oversight. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in a way open to doubt or... doubtfullydubiouslydebatablyarguably ↔ Opposites unquestionablyindisputablycertainly Word family Related forms questionablequestionquery Etymology AI details From questionable + -ly; question from Latin quaestio ('a seeking, inquiry'), from quaerere ('to seek, ask'). quaestio Latin quaerere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # questionably **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈkwɛstʃənəbli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkwɛstʃənəbli/ ## Meanings 1. in a way open to doubt or of dubious quality ## Examples - The funds were questionably allocated without any oversight. ## Synonyms - doubtfully - dubiously - debatably - arguably ## Antonyms - unquestionably - indisputably - certainly ## Related Forms - questionable - question - query ## Roots and Affixes - Root: quaestio - Root: quaerere ## Etymology From questionable + -ly; question from Latin quaestio ('a seeking, inquiry'), from quaerere ('to seek, ask'). ## AI Etymology Questionably is from questionable + -ly; question from Latin quaestio ('a seeking, inquiry'), from quaerere ('to seek, ask'). Important recorded forms include quaestio (Latin) and quaerere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers in a way open to doubt or of dubious quality. The wider family includes related words such as questionable, question, and query. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown