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# doubtless

«doubtless» in Mova's school dictionary: **certainly, or very probably, as far as one can tell: they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (doubtless)

### meaning for a pupil

Doubtless means certainly, or very probably, as far as one can tell: they will doubtless arrive soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubtless/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a speaker uses doubtless to say what is almost certainly true, often in a formal or old voice.

### examples

- You will doubtless be hungry after the long walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubtless/#x1)
- Doubtless the bus is late again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubtless/#x2)
- The witch was doubtless hiding somewhere in the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubtless/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doubtless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubtless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.