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questionably
adverb
uk /ˈkwes.tʃə.nə.bli/ us /ˈkwes.tʃə.nə.bli/
in a way that seems uncertain, or wrong in some way:
Nowadays such questionably ethical practices are almost forgotten.
He claimed that he had acted questionably, but not illegally.
In some cases, even departments that earned high scores had behaved questionably on the day of the inspection.
They agreed that the guidelines were implemented less questionably in primary schools than in the secondary sector.
From the start this was a controversial, questionably legal programme and it should now be ended.
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Uncertainty
amorphous
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blurringly
blurry
circumstantial
indeterminacy
indeterminate
indeterminately
insecurely
insecurity
murky
shakiness
shallowly
slippery
spec
squishy
wavery
wifty
wishy-washy
you never knowidiom
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