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equivocal
/ɪˈkwɪvək(ə)l/
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What does equivocal mean?
adjective
- Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
- Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.
- Uncertain, as an indication or sign.
More meanings (1)
noun
- A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪˈkwɪvək(ə)l/
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But he did not move from the doorway and returned my stare in an extraordinary, equivocal manner for a time.
He made a curious grimace—one of his strange and equivocal demonstrations—threw down his cue and followed me from the room.
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But there was less equivocal testimony, which the credulity of the assembly, or of the greater part, greedily swallowed, however incredible.
He had always felt the absolute impossibility of addressing that enigmatical man, who was, in his eyes, both equivocal and imposing.
A blare of sound, a roar of life, a vast array of human hives, appeal to the astonished senses in equivocal terms.