unquestionably

English

Etymology

From unquestionable +‎ -ly or un- +‎ question +‎ -ably.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkwɛs.t͡ʃən.ə.bli/

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• (older RP) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkwes.t͡ʃən.ə.blɪ/

Adverb

unquestionably (comparative more unquestionably, superlative most unquestionably)

1. Without question; beyond doubt; indubitably.
   • 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:

     It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.

   • 2025 November 25, Segun Dukeh, “Who Stopped the Killing of Twins in Nigeria?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Mary Slessor wasn’t technically the first missionary to oppose twin killing in Calabar, but she was unquestionably the most effective and relentless.

2. (informal) OK, right-on

Related terms

• questionably
• unquestionable

Translations

without doubt

• Arabic: أَلاَ (ar) (ʔala:/)
• Catalan: indubtablement (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毫無疑問 / 毫无疑问 (zh) (háowúyíwèn)

• Finnish: kiistatta, kiistattomasti
• French: indubitablement (fr), sans l'ombre d'un doute (fr)
• Greek: αναμφισβήτητα (el) (anamfisvítita), ασυζητητί (el) (asyzitití), αναντίρρητα (el) (anantírrita), αναμφίβολα (el) (anamfívola)
• Hungarian: kétségtelenül (hu), kétségkívül (hu), kétségbevonhatatlanul, tagadhatatlanul (hu), vitathatatlanul (hu)
• Navajo: doo kááʼgóó
• Polish: bezapelacyjnie (pl), bezdyskusyjnie (pl)
• Russian: бесспо́рно (ru) (besspórno), несомне́нно (ru) (nesomnénno)
• Spanish: indudablemente (es)
• Swedish: otvivelaktigt (sv), utan tvivel, obestridligen (sv)
• Turkish: kuşkusuz (tr), şüphesiz (tr)

See also

• undoubtedly
• doubtlessly