8 November 2015 – indubitable

8 November 2015

indubitable

[in-doo-bi-tuh-buh l, -dyoo-]

adjective

1. that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.

Origin of indubitable

Latin
1615-1625; < Latin indubitābilis. See in-3, dubitable

Related forms

indubitability, indubitableness, noun
indubitably, adverb

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Examples from the Web for indubitable

Contemporary Examples

After his shaky hosting—sorry gays—Hugh Jackman is indubitably straight.
Hugh Jackman’s Tony Jumping Fail, Plus the Winners and Standout Moments of Broadway’s Biggest Night
Tim Teeman
June 8, 2014

He must indubitably ascend to The New Yorker and begin teaching at an Ivy League school.
James Wood Gets Personal
Jimmy So
December 20, 2012

And Prince Harry may be a Windsor, but in coloration and temperament he is indubitably a flaming-red Spencer.
Notes From a Royal Wedding
Tina Brown
April 30, 2011

Historical Examples

Ellen turned so indubitably curious a look upon her at this that Miss Sophia half laughed and went on.
The Wide, Wide World
Susan Warner

Yet in their racial and national relationships they are indubitably American.
The American Mind
Bliss Perry

The defence, which would be inadequate if it was true, is indubitably incorrect.
The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1
Alexander Pope

indubitably, it would be more likely that a jury would convict Perry.
The Winning Clue
James Hay, Jr.

For indubitably the much-married may plume themselves upon being also the widely sought.
Tiverton Tales
Alice Brown

The time had been discreetly chosen—the coast was indubitably clear.
The Convert
Elizabeth Robins

Yet even a petty supremacy awes the petty, and the sly Welsh girl was indubitably awed.
A Lost Cause
Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Anagram

albeit unbid
babied until
audit nibble


Today’s quote

No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.

– Bram Stoker


On this day

8 November 1836 – birth of Milton Bradley, U.S. board-game maker, credited with launching the board-game industry. Died 30 May 1911.

8 November 1847 – birth of Bram Stoker, Irish novellist, author of ‘Dracula’. Died 20 April 1912.

8 November 1960 – 43 year old, John F. Kennedy wins the presidential election and becomes the youngest President of the United States of America.

8 November 1973 – In Brisbane, Australia, a home-made bomb is placed on a teacher’s desk. It detonates, killing one student, injuring 8 others, while the teacher loses both hands.

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