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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Indeed, a slower art market has indirectly weighed on her decision to close, as the gallery’s overall sales have dropped by about 40 percent over the last three years.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Lawmakers in Austin indirectly impact the tax burden by creating homestead exemptions and limiting the growth of local tax rates.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of indirectly

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Later, campus administration clarified that their initial communication had been sent erroneously and the funds were being held temporarily for review.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Work to address the track-circuit issue — in which the signal system erroneously reports a train occupying a section of track — was underway.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 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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