двусмысленный — meaning in English

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 Not quite matching or measuring up correctly in some way.
• oracular adj Relating to an oracle.

Senses

двусмысленный 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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