Definition of equivocal

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Equivocal (a.) Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal..

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Apocryphal :: Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
Equivocalness :: Equivocalness (n.) The state of being equivocal.
Dilogy :: Dilogy (n.) An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an equivocal sense.
Homonymously :: Homonymously (adv.) Equivocally; ambiguously.
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Unequivocal; indubitable.
Equivocacy :: Equivocacy (n.) Equivocalness.
Ambiguous :: Ambiguous (a.) 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..
Equivocally :: Equivocally (adv.) In an equivocal manner.
Decided :: Decided (a.) Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage..
Pronounced :: Pronounced (a.) Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. [A Gallicism.
Multivocal :: Multivocal (a.) Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal.
Precise :: Precise (a.) Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality..
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful..
Uncertain :: Uncertain (a.) Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical.
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..
Parisology :: Parisology (n.) The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
Ambiguity :: Ambiguity (n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression..
Dubious :: Dubious (a.) Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer..
Amphibolic :: Amphibolic (a.) Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
Pythonism :: Pythonism (n.) The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.
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