Both Uses of
equivocal
in
1984 by Orwell
- For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story.†
p. 18..4 *
- Nothing but a flash of the eyes and a single equivocal remark: beyond that, only his own secret imaginings, founded on a dream.†
p. 169..2
Definition:
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(equivocal) unclear in meaning -- especially where opposing interpretations are reasonable (sometimes intentionally)