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AMBIGUOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ambiguously mean? 

AMBIGUOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb AMBIGUOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in an ambiguous mannerplay

  Familiarity information: AMBIGUOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMBIGUOUSLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In an ambiguous manner

Synonyms:

ambiguously; equivocally

Context example:

this letter is worded ambiguously

Antonym:

unambiguously (in an unambiguous manner)

Pertainym:

ambiguous (having more than one possible meaning)


 Context examples 


"Well, I married him," said Myrtle, ambiguously. "And that's the difference between your case and mine."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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