Indubitably
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English
Adverb
Indubitably (not comparable)
- In a manner that leaves no possibility of doubt; undoubtedly.
- 1871, Thomas Hardy, Desperate Remedies, ch. 18:
- Now his first suspicion was indubitably confirmed.
- 1907, William James, "Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking":
- The world is indubitably one if you look at it in one way, but as indubitably is it many, if you look at it in another. It is both one and many—let us adopt a sort of pluralistic monism.
- 1871, Thomas Hardy, Desperate Remedies, ch. 18:
Notes
Currently particularly used as a humorous interjection, particularly in American English, and seen as somewhat affected, if not outright campy. Compare this use by comedy cartoon Goofy Gophers (US, 1947–65).
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Thesaurus
actually, admittedly, assuredly, beyond doubt, beyond question, by all odds, certainly, clearly, decidedly, demonstrably, dollars to doughnuts, doubtless, doubtlessly, for a certainty, for real, in all conscience, in all likelihood, in all probability, incontestably, indeed, indisputably, irrefragably, irrefutably, like enough, likely, manifestly, most likely, no doubt, noticeably, observably, obviously, out of question, patently, positively, presumably, presumptively, probably, quite, really, sensibly, seriously, ten to one, truly, unambiguously, undeniably, undoubtedly, unmistakably, unquestionably, verily, very like, very likely, visibly, without doubt
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈdjuː.bɪ.tə.blɪ/
- (US) IPA: /ɪnˈdu.bɪ.tə.bli/, /ɪnˈdju.bɪ.tə.bli/
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References
- Indubitably in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
