UNDOUBTEDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does undoubtedly mean? 

• UNDOUBTEDLY (adverb)
  The adverb UNDOUBTEDLY has 1 sense:

1. without doubt; certainly

  Familiarity information: UNDOUBTEDLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDOUBTEDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without doubt; certainly

Synonyms:

doubtless; doubtlessly; undoubtedly

Context example:

it's undoubtedly very beautiful

 Context examples 

‘Then it is undoubtedly from him that the note comes,’ said I.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It is undoubtedly the fact, Copperfield,” said Traddles, to whom I looked in surprise.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Bingley likes your sister undoubtedly; but he may never do more than like her, if she does not help him on.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He is undoubtedly a sensible man, and in his manners perfectly the gentleman.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I believe that it was undoubtedly so.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Undoubtedly he had fallen from above.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It is undoubtedly the best thing we can do now, as we are so far from the house already,” said Mr. Crawford, when he was gone.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He is undoubtedly very much in love—every thing denotes it—very much in love indeed!—and when he comes again, if his affection continue, I must be on my guard not to encourage it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The writing is undoubtedly my uncle’s.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In some way the legal forms have undoubtedly been complied with, and they think that they have little to fear.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)