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equivocally

equivocally adverb: with ambiguity; with uncertainty.

Adverb

equivocally (comparative more equivocally, superlative most equivocally)

  1. With ambiguity; with uncertainty.
    • Wits is voyeur to the underbelly of the city; like a madam in a knock-shop, she watches equivocally the mess of city garbage tangled erotically with roadside gambling and sunglass-snatching2006, Mary Rorich, “Knowledge is Power, And You'd Better Believe it”, in Margaret Orr, Mary Rorich, Finuala Dowling, editors, The Wits Wonderwoman Book: Buttons and Breakfasts
    Antonyms:
    unequivocally

Antonyms of equivocally

Forms of equivocally

comparativemore equivocally
superlativemost equivocally

Origin of equivocally

From equivocal + -ly.

Words formed from equivocally

Questions about equivocally

What does equivocally mean?
Equivocally means with ambiguity; with uncertainty.
What part of speech is equivocally?
Equivocally is an adverb.

Words near equivocally in the dictionary

  1. equivocacy
  2. equivocal
  3. equivocal generation
  4. equivocalities
  5. equivocality
  6. equivocally
  7. equivocalness
  8. equivocals
  9. equivocate
  10. equivocated
  11. equivocates

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