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As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever had to play some kind of ethnic stereotype or something that was typed specifically for a person of color.
Daniel Sunjata

Meaning of "ambiguously" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMBIGUOUSLY

ambiguously  [æmˈbɪɡjʊəslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMBIGUOUSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ambiguously is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES AMBIGUOUSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ambiguously in the English dictionary

The definition of ambiguously in the dictionary is in an ambiguous manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMBIGUOUSLY


arduously
ˈɑːdjʊəslɪ
assiduously
əˈsɪdjʊəslɪ
conspicuously
kənˈspɪkjʊəslɪ
contiguously
kənˈtɪɡjʊəslɪ
continuously
kənˈtɪnjʊəslɪ
discontinuously
ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəslɪ
disingenuously
ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjʊəslɪ
exiguously
ɪɡˈzɪɡjʊəslɪ
impetuously
ɪmˈpɛtjʊəslɪ
inconspicuously
ˌɪnkənˈspɪkjʊəslɪ
incontiguously
ˌɪnkənˈtɪɡjʊəslɪ
ingenuously
ɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəslɪ
innocuously
ɪnˈɒkjʊəslɪ
perspicuously
ˌpəˈspɪkjʊəslɪ
presumptuously
prɪˈzʌmptjʊəslɪ
promiscuously
prəˈmɪskjʊəslɪ
strenuously
ˈstrɛnjʊəslɪ
sumptuously
ˈsʌmptjʊəslɪ
tenuously
ˈtɛnjʊəslɪ
unambiguously
ˌʌnæmˈbɪɡjʊəslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMBIGUOUSLY

ambidextrous
ambidextrously
ambidextrousness
ambience
ambient
ambient music
ambient noise
ambiguities
ambiguity
ambiguous
ambiguousness
ambilateral
ambimoustrous
ambiophony
ambipolar
ambisexual
ambisexuality
ambisonics
ambit
ambition

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMBIGUOUSLY

anonymously
cautiously
consciously
dangerously
deliciously
deviously
enormously
famously
generously
hilariously
meticulously
obviously
outrageously
previously
ridiculously
seriously
simultaneously
spontaneously
tremendously
unanimously
vigorously

Synonyms and antonyms of ambiguously in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ambiguously» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMBIGUOUSLY

Find out the translation of ambiguously to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ambiguously from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ambiguously» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

含糊其词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ambiguamente
570 millions of speakers

English

ambiguously
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्पष्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غامضة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неоднозначно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ambiguamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ambiguously
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ambiguë
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Samar-samar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zweideutig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

曖昧に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

애매하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ambiguously
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mơ hồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சந்தேகத்துக்கு இடமளிக்கும் வகையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्टपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muğlak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ambiguamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niejednoznacznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неоднозначно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ambiguu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διφορούμενα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dubbelsinnig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvetydigt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tvetydig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ambiguously

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMBIGUOUSLY»

The term «ambiguously» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.517 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMBIGUOUSLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ambiguously» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ambiguously» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ambiguously

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4 QUOTES WITH «AMBIGUOUSLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ambiguously.
1
Sherman Alexie
In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter browns in the Crayola box. You have to be careful of the cops and robbers, because nobody's quite sure what you are, but everybody has assumptions.
2
Justin Baldoni
I'm still ambiguously ethnic. I could be Persian - I could be anything. But I'm Italian and Jewish, so I'm a citizen of the world; that's what I prefer.
3
Harmony Korine
If I see something that's morally ambiguous or ambiguously beautiful or has some pull in some way, I won't censor myself; I always run towards the light.
4
Daniel Sunjata
As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever had to play some kind of ethnic stereotype or something that was typed specifically for a person of color.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMBIGUOUSLY»

Discover the use of ambiguously in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ambiguously and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Powerful Ephemeral: Everyday Healing in an Ambiguously ...
"Bellamy's powerful analyses push back against many assumptions and 'inherited wisdom' in South Asian scholarship about religion, personhood, the body, health and violence.
Carla Bellamy, 2011
2
Ambiguously Gay Duo Comics
Promotional comic book containing work samples and press clippings.
J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc, 200
3
Hemispheric Specialisation in Animals and Humans
Subjects with z-scores between -1.64 and 1.64 were classified as ambiguously handed. The second measure was a handedness index (HI) which was calculated by subtracting the number of left hand responses from the number of right hand ...
Joël Fagot, 1997
4
Wookieepedia - Ambiguously-Canon Sources: Adventures ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikia, 2012
5
Readings in Machine Translation
Genitive nominal blocks here include both those that are unambiguously genitives and those that are ambiguously genitives. The latter are nominal blocks which in addition to the genitive function have other case functions, requiring the  ...
Sergei Nirenburg, H. L. Somers, Yorick Wilks, 2003
6
Raum & Zeichen
In other words, in ambiguously anchored gestures, the hand tends to be raised above the shoulder, as in Table 9, and the ... Ambiguously anchored gestures resulted from the informants' turning of their bodies in order to retrieve, "for free", ...
Ernest W. B. Hess-Lüttich, Jürgen E. Müller, 1998
7
Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding: The ...
Thus, if each word in a Us dictionary is reversed, the resultant dictionary is not necessarily Us. If any one of the four forms of unresolvable ambiguities exists for a given dictionary, then an ambiguously decodable sequence of code words exists ...
Solomon W. Golomb, Robert E. Peile, Robert A. Scholtz, 1994
8
The Ambiguously Gay Duo
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
9
Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives
Table 11.1 Mean Ratings of Both White and Black Actors' Ambiguously Aggressive Behaviors by White and Black Participants Subject Group Actor Race Rating Scale:Mean/Threatening White White 8.28 Black 8.99 Black White 7.38 Black 8.40 ...
James A. Banks, Cherry A. McGee Banks, 2009
10
Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and ...
WINSLOW HOMER'S AMBIGUOUSLY NEW WOMEN SARAH BURNS The years 1868 to 1870 saw the emergence of a newly energized and highly controversial women's movement in America. In 1868, the first issue of the feminist magazine ...
Holly Pyne Connor, Newark Museum, Frick Art & Historical Center, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMBIGUOUSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ambiguously is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Drinking Culture
I made a kind of racial inventory as I approached the entrance. On the right: a group of three black people, three white, one ambiguously ethnic person. A wash. «NOLA Defender, Jul 15»
2
MFA's French film festival offers Deneuve and more
... French cinema from its American counterpart: French films tend to wrap up ambiguously, eschewing the typical happy ending; pacing is often ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
3
Save Oro wants township to request injunction against summer …
Just more than 90 of the nearly 570 acres it now owns are zoned for special events, like the ambiguously defined WayHome Music Festival ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 15»
4
Supreme Court Hurts Rule of Law With Burwell Ruling
... to authorize the courts, not only to carry into execution the powers expressly given, but where those are wanting or ambiguously expressed, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
How technology's changed relationships
... computers in our pockets and handbags, we can now connect faster, more easily, more sneakily, and - on some levels - more ambiguously. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
6
Dan Delmar: Separatist spouse and noted feminist Julie Snyder lost …
... doubters wrong; why prove your business model when you can make a teary plea for more public money, citing (most ambiguously) sexism? «National Post, Jul 15»
7
Multiracials click on dating sites
"People sort of like the whole 'ambiguously ethnic thing' because it's still safe," she says. It's undeniable that this country's racial landscape is ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
8
Indonesia military plane suffered engine problem, propeller failure
... military allows relatives of servicemembers to hitch rides on military aircraft, but the definition of relatives is often used ambiguously. «Big News Network.com, Jul 15»
9
Want to be attractive to online daters? Be biracial.
“People sort of like the whole 'ambiguously ethnic thing' because it's still safe,” she says. You can experience new cultures and ethnicities ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
10
Magic Mike XXL review: bigger, looser, and here to please
The Magic Mike franchise (she said hopefully, dreaming of a glorious, mellow future in which this is the next Fast series) is an ambiguously ... «The Verge, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ambiguously [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ambiguously>. Oct 2026 ».
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