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ambiguously

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv

In an ambiguous manner.

Pronunciation

/æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs.li/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neshkatrapati-ambiguously.wav

Word forms

ambiguously more ambiguously most ambiguously

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰider. Proto-Italic *amβi Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguuslbor. English ambiguous Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English ambiguously From ambiguous + -ly.

Derived words

nonambiguously

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