01 a. Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equi…
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Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.“What have been thy answers? What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding?” — Milton.
Syn.
Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct; indeterminate; indefinite. See Equivocal.