unambiguously

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adverb

In a manner that is not ambiguous; leaving no doubt; clearly.

“She told him unambiguously to leave, yet he failed to leave.”

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 21

Meanings

adverbunambiguously (comparative more unambiguously, superlative most unambiguously)

comparative more unambiguously · superlative most unambiguously

  1. In a manner that is not ambiguous; leaving no doubt; clearly.

    She told him unambiguously to leave, yet he failed to leave.

    1 more example

    The break with tradition that Francis, who has died aged 88 after suffering from double pneumonia, represented even managed to trump the shock value of the resignation of Benedict, who was the first pope for 600 years to take that option rather than die in office. Immediately, Bergoglio signalled unambiguously that he intended to be a different kind of pope, one for the 21st century.

    2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025

    Synonyms: expressly, unequivocally

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a manner that is not ambiguous; leaving no doubt; clearly.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin an unambiguous manner

Opposite

adverbso as to be unique

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  11. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  12. Latinambi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  15. Proto-Italic*agō
  16. Latinagō
  17. Latinambig(ō)
  18. Latinambiguu
  19. Englishambiguous
  20. Englishunambiguous
  21. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  22. Proto-Germanic*līką
  23. Englishun-
  24. Englishambiguous
  25. Englishambiguously
  26. Englishunambiguously

From unambiguous + -ly, or from un- + ambiguously.

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Translations

Catalan inequívocament
  • inequívocamentunambiguously
Czech jednoznačně
  • jednoznačněunambiguously
Finnish yksiselitteisesti
  • yksiselitteisestiunambiguously
Greek αναμφίσημα
  • αναμφίσημα (anamfísima)unambiguously
Hungarian egyértelműen
  • egyértelműenunambiguously
Italian univocamente
  • univocamenteunambiguously
Portuguese inequivocamente, sem ambiguidades
  • inequivocamenteunambiguously
  • sem ambiguidadesunambiguously
Russian недвусмысленно
  • недвусмысленно (nedvusmyslenno)unambiguously
Spanish inequívocamente
  • inequívocamenteunambiguously
Cite this entry
APA

unambiguously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unambiguously

MLA

“unambiguously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unambiguously. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unambiguously,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unambiguously.

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