equivocally

equivocal | American Dictionary

equivocal
adjective
us/ɪˈkwɪv·ə·kəl/
(of statements) unclear and seeming to have two opposing meanings, or (of actions or ways of behaving) confusing and able to be understood in two different ways:
She gave an equivocal response.

Examples of equivocal

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Attempts at treason usually have clear outcomes - at least clearer than the often equivocal results of peaceful elections.
The brachiopods are either cosmopolitan or endemic and probably new genera; they are therefore biogeographically equivocal.
However, whether these statistically significant differences are clinically meaningful in children who do not present with major neurological injury is equivocal.
The data on errors of omission are more equivocal.
He employed, for example, the equivocal phrase "the fraternity of men and nations".
This uncertainty generated reactions of stoicism towards the equivocal result and subsequent participation in further investigations.
This certainly indicates neurocognitive abnormalities in bipolar patients' relatives, but the evidence that this is due to serotonin metabolism abnormalities is equivocal.
All sera for which the result was equivocal were retested.
The reference laboratory cut-offs were used to re-classify qualitatively the standardized quantitative results as negative, equivocal or positive.
At ages 14 - 15, 10 of these were still classified as abnormal, 2 were equivocal, and 1 was normal.
The administration of exogenous melatonin has equivocal evidence in the promotion of a healthy sleep cycle and alleviation of behaviour problems.
The empirical evidence for this model, however, is still scant as well as equivocal.
On this issue, however, prior empirical findings seem equivocal.
This does not entail that they are equivocal.
For if a theological term does not signify a common, univocal property, it will necessarily be equivocal.
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