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ambiguously, adv.|æmˈbɪgjuːəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an ambiguous manner: †a. Hesitatingly, doubtfully (obs.); b. With doubtful issue (obs.); c. Indistinctly, obscurely, questionably; d. In terms susceptible of more than one meaning.
1579W. Fulke Heskin's Parl. 151 Hee vseth the name of bloud figuratiuely, and ambiguously. 1606in Misc. Scot. I. 32 Valiantly and ambiguously was it foughten on both sides. 1652Seas. Expost. Netherl. 5 Promises of Neutralitie drawn up so ambiguously, as if they had come from jugling Delphos. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. v. 222 This Prophet used to speak ambiguously. 1813Scott Rokeby ii. xxiii, ‘Where's Bertram? Why that naked blade?’ Wilfred ambiguously replied, ‘Bertram is gone.’ 1823Lamb Elia Ser. ii. xxiv. 433 One that you conceived worse than ambiguously disposed towards you. |