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ambiguously

/æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs.li/ adv

In an ambiguous manner.

Word Origin From Latin ambi- 'both' and agere 'to drive' — literally 'driving in both directions,' which is why ambiguous means unclear or open to multiple interpretations. The same ambi- prefix gives us ambidextrous (both right hands) and ambivalent (both values). The negative sense of uncertainty developed from the idea of being pulled two ways.

adv In an ambiguous manner.

He answered ambiguously, leaving everyone confused about his true intentions.

(副词) 模棱两可地；含糊不清地

他回答得模棱两可，让所有人都对他真正的意图感到困惑。

(adverbio) ambiguamente; de manera ambigua; equívocamente [De manera ambigua.]

Él respondió de manera ambigua, dejando a todos confundidos sobre sus verdaderas intenciones.

(adverbe) ambiguëment; de manière ambiguë; d'une façon équivoque [De manière ambiguë, c'est-à-dire susceptible d'être interprétée de plusieurs façons.]

Il répondit de façon ambiguë, laissant tout le monde perplexe quant à ses véritables intentions.

(Adverb) zweideutig; mehrdeutig; unbestimmt [Auf eine mehrdeutige Weise; so, dass etwas nicht eindeutig verstanden werden kann.]

Er antwortete **ambiguously**, sodass alle über seine wahren Absichten im Unklaren blieben.

(副詞) 曖昧に、はっきりしない状態で、複数の意味にとれる様子で。

彼は曖昧に答えたので、彼の真の意図について皆が混乱した。

(advérbio) ambiguamente; de modo ambíguo; de maneira ambígua [De maneira ambígua.]

Ele respondeu de forma ambígua, deixando todos confusos sobre suas verdadeiras intenções.

Synonyms: vaguely unclearly equivocally obscurely dubiously uncertainly indistinctly opaquely Antonyms: clearly unambiguously distinctly plainly

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