Equivocally

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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-snatching"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an ambiguous manner wordnet

Synonyms

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ambiguouslyambiguously

Example

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"The accused spoke equivocally and didn't want to talk turkey."

Etymology

From equivocal + -ly.

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