Meanings
comparative more equivocally · superlative most equivocally
- With ambiguity; with uncertainty.
Wits is voyeur to the underbelly of the city; like a madam in a knock-shop, she watches equivocally the mess of city garbage tangled erotically with roadside gambling and sunglass-snatching
2006, Mary Rorich, “Knowledge is Power, And You'd Better Believe it”, in Margaret Orr, Mary Rorich, Finuala Dowling, editors, The Wits Wonderwoman Book: Buttons and BreakfastsAntonyms: unequivocally
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbWith ambiguity; with uncertainty.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin an ambiguous manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
- Old Latinaiquos
- Latinaequus
- Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wokʷ-
- Latinvocō
- Late Latinaequivocus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishequivocal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishequivocally
Translations
German fragwürdig, zweideutig
- fragwürdigequivocally
- zweideutigequivocally
- zweifelhaftequivocally
Cite this entry
equivocally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equivocally
“equivocally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equivocally. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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