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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Worse still, the most energizing talks tended to be ignored by many of the academics in attendance, who preferred to ask questions that indirectly linked back to their area of specialism.

— Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026
Other Health Conditions Health conditions, including several autoimmune diseases, can lead directly or indirectly to dry eye syndrome.

— Nancy LeBrun, Verywell Health, 24 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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Cole’s lawyers have also advanced Kerkhoff as an alternative suspect, while Baker is accused of falsely identifying her as the bomber.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
Polling from early 2003 showed that more than two-thirds of Americans falsely believed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and a majority believed Saddam Hussein was directly involved in the 9/11 attacks.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

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