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QUESTIONABLY

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ques⋅tion⋅a⋅ble

  [kwes-chuh-nuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
2. open to question or dispute; doubtful or uncertain: a statement of questionable accuracy.
3. open to question as to being of the nature or value suggested: a questionable privilege.
Origin:
1580–90; question + -able

Related forms:
ques⋅tion⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, ques⋅tion⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
ques⋅tion⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. debatable, disputable, controvertible, dubitable, dubious.

Antonyms:
1. certain.
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ques·tion·a·ble   (kwěs'chə-nə-bəl)   
adj.  

    1. Open to doubt or challenge; problematic.

    2. Not yet determined or specified.

  2. Of dubious morality or respectability: a questionable reputation.

ques'tion·a·ble·ness, ques'tion·a·bil'i·ty n., ques'tion·a·bly adv.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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