AMBIGUOUSLY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

ambiguously

adverb

Definition of ambiguously

as in equivocally

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Recent Examples of ambiguously For now, the light of John Sugar’s life in black-and-white turned ambiguously Technicolor is Charlotte. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026 Where Fashion Meets Finance Luxury has always been ambiguously defined by a blend of timing, access, and freedom. — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Certain apparently magical happenings in the novel are treated ambiguously, but either way, the titular character’s study of Buddhist practices is an asset in his journey. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 July 2026 Moore hated White’s book Stuart Little, in which a mouse is born to a human woman, and which ends abruptly and ambiguously, with the little mouse’s future very much up to the reader. — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026 Hacks star Jean Smart carried an ambiguously political message with her throughout the evening. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026 Jamian Juliano-Villani’s friezelike painting Women, 2024, offers a surreptitious turn on Marcel Duchamp and Eadweard Muybridge by featuring an ostensibly female figure with too many (and ambiguously gendered) appendages. — Tim Grifﬁn, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025

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Tariffs, after all, have likely had an impact on workers’ retirement plans, at least indirectly.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
But curbing the bank may indirectly lead to economic limits on China, which is the top buyer of Iran's oil.

— Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of indirectly

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The officer was responding to a mental health crisis call, involving what was erroneously reported as fireworks but turned out to be gunfire, authorities said.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
The certification for this device was granted erroneously and has been set aside by the FCC and removed from our public database.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of erroneously

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Garg claims Lewis falsely told the board that Garg supported the plan to rescind their equity grants and remove half the board.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors say Castro falsely told investigators that he had been attacked with a broom and a shovel.

— TIM SULLIVAN, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

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