All 3 Uses of
ambiguous
in
Childhood's End
- Don't ask questions that have ambiguous answers.†
Chpt 8 *
- The replies were so trivial, so ambiguous.†
Chpt 8
- Perhaps that was what Vindarten bad meant when he gave Jan that ambiguous warning, just before his departure.†
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(ambiguous) unclear -- because there could be two or more interpretations
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, ambiguous can mean uncertain or doubtful -- as in the expression "an ambiguous smile".