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Today's Word "ambiguity"

Doubtfulness or uncertainty on

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ambiguity \am-bi-GYOO-i-tee\ (noun) - 1 : Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation. 2 : Something of doubtful meaning.

"Although expressed confidently, there was a certain ambiguity to Jeanne's comments, as if she had been told to believe them but couldn't quite bring herself to."

 

From Latin ambiguus, uncertain, from ambigere, to go about : ambi-, around + agere, to drive.


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