problematic

[ prob-luh-mat-ik ]
/ ˌprɒb ləˈmæt ɪk /
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adjective

of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
Often prob·lem·at·i·cal.

Origin of problematic

1600–10; < Late Latin problēmaticus < Greek problēmatikós, equivalent to problēmat- (stem of próblēma) problem + -ikos -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM problematic

Words nearby problematic

probit, probity, problem, problem page, problem-oriented record, problematic, problematics, proboscidate, proboscidean, proboscis, proboscis monkey

Words related to problematically

dubiously, askance, suspiciously, tentatively, ambiguously, questionably, uncertainly

Example sentences from the Web for problematically

  • Awfully good of you to worry about my sufferings in being obliged to reply to your—problematically—boring letters!

    An Unknown Lover |Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

  • At this time I am not problematically given; I have a humour of complaisance upon me, and will contradict no man.

    Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) |John Dryden

  • The similarity between the words "sandlotter" and "sansculotte" is problematically significant, but indubitably suggestive.

    The Devil's Dictionary |Ambrose Bierce

  • That meant a problematically useful, indubitably dull debate.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for problematically

problematic

problematical

/ (ˌprɒbləˈmætɪk) /

adjective

having the nature or appearance of a problem; questionable
logic obsolete (of a proposition) asserting that a property may or may not hold Compare apodeictic (def. 2), assertoric

Derived forms of problematic

problematically, adverb