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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Adverb

Since potential is not directly observable, followers and observers must infer it indirectly from available cues and signals, such as appearance, reputation, networks, communication style, confidence, and other signals.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
As a neutral administrator of elections, the state should have no business encouraging false political association, even indirectly.

— Ethan Hicks, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of indirectly

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News Channel 5 similarly reported that she was erroneously given potassium in place of numbing medication.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
States are also setting up systems that may not adequately track pregnant and postpartum enrollees who should be exempt from the law’s new work requirements, erroneously dropping them from coverage, Burak’s report said.

— Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of erroneously

Adverb

That means the person was falsely convicted and sentenced to death, but was later cleared of their crime and proven innocent.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
Accusations of antisemitism have been leveled against several in Hollywood over recent years, in many cases, falsely used to describe those who criticize Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of falsely

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