equivocaladjective
uk/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.kəl/us/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.kəl/formalnot clear and seeming to have two opposing meanings, or confusing and able to be understood in two different ways:
His words to the press were deliberately equivocal - he didn't deny the reports but neither did he confirm them.
Opposite
unequivocal
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Difficult to understand
- (as) clear as mud idiom
- abstruse
- ambiguity
- ambiguous
- arcane
- blurred
- diffuse
- esoteric
- fathomless
- garble
- get it into your thick head idiom
- impalpable
- obscure
- opaque
- over your head idiom
- paradox
- puzzler
- puzzling
- recherché
- veiled
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equivocally
adverb uk/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.kəl.i/us/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.kəl.i/