dubiously /ˈdub.i.əs.li/ adverb2 •In a dubious manner.They had perpetuated a dubiously holy union of Church and State that had refused for centuries to hear the cry of the poor and the oppressed. — 1993 •Accompanied by doubt, or anxious uncertainty.She looked dubiously up the steep path to the vastness of dark wood on either side. “How far is it up to the top?” — 1997 formsmore dubiously · most dubiously