Doubtless Meaning
/ˈdaʊ̯tləs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCharacterized by or experiencing no doubt at all, certain; undoubted; undoubting.
adjFree from fear or suspicion.
Sentence Examples
Doubtless you have heard the news.
You are doubtless aware of his absence.
You doubtless mean well; but your ideas are unhappily mistaken.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He will ____ arrive on time for the meeting, as he always does.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ you have heard the news.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English douteles, dowteles, equivalent to doubt + -less.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"There are those who have doubtless faith in revelation."
— 1880, B. Stewart, P. G. Tait, The Unseen Universe, London: Macmillan, page xiii:
"It is doubtless that the old reprobate who sued for his daughter's hand heard some unsavory truths from the man."
— 1927, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 7, in The Outlaw of Torn:
"And, pretty childe, ſleepe doubtleſſe, and ſecure, / That Hubert for the wealth of all the world, / Will not offend thee."
— c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14, column 2:
"[…] 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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CEFR Practice Quiz
He will ____ arrive on time for the meeting, as he always does.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ you have heard the news.