doubtless
advEtymology From Middle English douteles, dowteles, equivalent to doubt + -less.
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Without doubt; certainly; definitely; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly.
- […] And, doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXIX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 61:
- I cannot remember that I spoke a word, though doubtless I did.1893, Ambrose Bierce, The Realm Of The Unreal:
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- The men, Dorothy thought, were about as old as Uncle Henry, for two of them had beards. But the little woman was doubtless much older: her face was covered with wrinkles, her hair was nearly white, and she walked rather stiffly.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Council with The Munchkins”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 21:
- There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion".1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 9:
- Thom Yorke’s onstage pronouncements became less abstract and more effusive, they played the songs the less committed audience members doubtless wanted to hear in the first place: Paranoid Android, Creep, Fake Plastic Trees and Karma Police. At the end of the latter, Yorke happily led an audience singalong.2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2017: