Both Uses of
equivocal
in
Jane Eyre
- And you have derived pleasure from occasional tokens of preference — equivocal tokens shown by a gentleman of family and a man of the world to a dependent and a novice.†
p. 186.7equivocal = unclear in meaning
- He made a curious grimace — one of his strange and equivocal demonstrations — threw down his cue and followed me from the room.†
p. 257.6 *
Definition:
unclear in meaning -- especially where opposing interpretations are reasonable (sometimes intentionally)