Adjective

(en adjective)

Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation; ambiguous; uncertain.

equivocal''' words; an '''equivocal sentence

* Jeffrey

For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or equivocal a nature as to be visible only to learned eyes.

Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.

His actions are equivocal .

* Milton

equivocal repentances

Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful, incongruous.

* Burke

How equivocal a test.

Adjective

(er)

Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.

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*2004: , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

*:Throughout the first week of his presidency, Dulles and Bissell continued to brief Kennedy on their strategy for Cuba, but the men were vague and their meetings offered little in the way of hard facts.

Not having a precise meaning.

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Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.

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Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.

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Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.

Lacking expression; vacant.

Not sharply outlined; hazy.

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./1/2

, passage=He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.}}

Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.

*Sir (c.1564-1627)

*:to set upon the vague villains

*(John Keats) (1795-1821)

*:She danced along with vague , regardless eyes.