Definition of doubtful

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Doubtful (a.) Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like..

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Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..
So-called :: So-called (a.) So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).
Wappened :: Wappened (a.) A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.
Amphibolous :: Amphibolous (a.) Ambiguous; doubtful.
Norwegium :: Norwegium (n.) A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway..
Equivocate :: Equivocate (a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity..
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness.
Scrupulosity :: Scrupulosity (n.) The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision.
Dubiety :: Dubiety (n.) Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) State of being doubtful.
Apocrypha :: Apocrypha (n. pl.) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively..
Doubtous :: Doubtous (a.) Doubtful.
Willsome :: Willsome (a.) Doubtful; uncertain.
Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..
Doubtfully :: Doubtfully (adv.) In a doubtful manner.
Protista :: Protista (n. pl.) A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals..
Dubiosity :: Dubiosity (n.) The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.
Inconclusive :: Inconclusive (a.) Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt..
Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
Ambiguously :: Ambiguously (adv.) In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.
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