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двусмы́сленный — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ambiguous adj Open to more than one interpretation; unclear in meaning.
  • equivocal adjective Open to more than one interpretation, often deliberately so, and therefore hard to pin down.
  • inexact adj Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
  • oracular adj Of or relating to an oracle.

Senses

двусмы́сленный is used for these senses in English:

  • ambiguous Open to multiple interpretations.
  • equivocal Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
  • inexact Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated.
  • oracular Ambiguous, hard to interpret.

equivocal — full definition

  1. adjective Open to more than one interpretation, often deliberately so, and therefore hard to pin down.
  2. adjective Of evidence or results: inconclusive, pointing in no clear direction.

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