ambiguously
In uncertain terms
In a way that allows for more than one interpretation or meaning.
Something stated ambiguously leaves room for confusion about what was intended: The contract was ambiguously worded, leading to disputes.
The term can also describe behavior that sends mixed signals: She smiled ambiguously, and I couldn't tell if she was pleased or annoyed.
In deliberately vague manner
- noncommittalNot expressing clear opinion
- evasivelyAvoiding direct response
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
- wafflingEvasive, indecisive speech
fence-sitting · vaguely · uncommitted · indecisively · inconclusively · diplomatically · guardedly · cautiously
In an indistinct manner
- vaguelyIn unclear fashion
- obscurelyIn unclear fashion
- indistinctlyIn an unclear manner
- nebulouslyIn an unclear manner
murkily · hazily · fuzzily · cloudily · opaquely · confusingly · unintelligibly · incoherently
In a deceiving way
- duplicitouslyWith deliberate dishonesty
- deceptivelyIn falsely suggestive manner
- evasivelyAvoiding direct response
- doublespeakDeliberately misleading language
prevaricate · obfuscation · double-dealing · paltering · disingenuously · inscrutably · slyly · craftily
In puzzling manner
- crypticallyIn hidden meaning
- mysteriouslyIn puzzling manner
- inscrutablyBeyond comprehension or reading
- puzzlinglyIn confusing manner
perplexingly · bafflingly · bewilderingly · esoterically · abstrusely · secretively · unknowably · unfathomably
equivocally
In deliberately vague manner
- noncommittalNot expressing clear opinion
- evasivelyAvoiding direct response
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
waffling · fence-sitting · vaguely · uncommitted · indecisively · inconclusively · diplomatically · guardedly · cautiously · obliquely
unclearly
In an indistinct manner
- vaguelyIn unclear fashion
- obscurelyIn unclear fashion
- indistinctlyIn an unclear manner
nebulously · murkily · hazily · fuzzily · cloudily · opaquely · confusingly · unintelligibly · incoherently · incomprehensibly
misleadingly
In a deceiving way
- duplicitouslyWith deliberate dishonesty
- deceptivelyIn falsely suggestive manner
- evasivelyAvoiding direct response
doublespeak · prevaricate · obfuscation · double-dealing · paltering · disingenuously · inscrutably · slyly · craftily · slipperily
enigmatically
In puzzling manner
- crypticallyIn hidden meaning
- mysteriouslyIn puzzling manner
- inscrutablyBeyond comprehension or reading
puzzlingly · perplexingly · bafflingly · bewilderingly · esoterically · abstrusely · secretively · unknowably · unfathomably · inexplicably
ambiguouslyunambiguously
Without any possible confusion
clearly · unequivocally · precisely · definitively · explicitly
ambiguouslydirectly
Without intermediary steps
straightforwardly · forthrightly · bluntly · openly · frankly
- ambiguous endingConclusion lacking definite resolution
ambiguous, unambiguous, unambiguously, ambiguousness, nonambiguous, unambiguousness