All 4 Uses of
ambiguous
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- It is all mirage—all ambiguous.†
Chpt 3.6 *
- I only used the whip twice in all our seven years (not counting a third occasion of a very ambiguous character).†
Chpt 4.1
- "I perceive, Avdotya Romanovna, that you seem disposed to undertake his defence all of a sudden," Luzhin observed, twisting his lips into an ambiguous smile, "there's no doubt that he is an astute man, and insinuating where ladies are concerned, of which Marfa Petrovna, who has died so strangely, is a terrible instance.†
Chpt 4.2
- In those still ambiguous words he kept eagerly looking for something more definite and conclusive.†
Chpt 6.2
Definition:
unclear -- because there could be two or more interpretations