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unambiguously en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguuslbor. English ambiguous English unambiguous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly ▲ English un- ▲ English ambiguous ▲ English -ly English ambiguously English unambiguously From unambiguous + -ly, or from un- + ambiguously.

Meanings

1. In a manner that is not ambiguous; leaving no doubt; clearly
   • She told him unambiguously to leave, yet he failed to leave.
   • 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:

Forms

Synonyms

unequivocally · expressly

Translations (10)

it univocamente (unambiguously) · ca inequívocament (unambiguously) · el αναμφίσημα (unambiguously) · cs jednoznačně (unambiguously) · es inequívocamente (unambiguously) · fi yksiselitteisesti (unambiguously) · pt inequivocamente (unambiguously) · hu egyértelműen (unambiguously) · ru недвусмысленно (unambiguously) · pt sem ambiguidades (unambiguously)