Dubious and For certain

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Dubious adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.

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For certain is an antonym for dubious.

Nearby Words: dubiety, dubiousness, dubiously

For certain adverb - Definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely').

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Dubious is an antonym for for certain in certain topic.

For the record, her loss being the result of enemy action was considered somewhat dubious even at the time.note The most widely-accepted modern theory is an internal explosion caused by an undetected fire in a coal bunker, but the ship was too thoroughly wrecked to say for certain.

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