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Ambiguous; doubtful.

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Definitions

  1. a. Ambiguous; doubtful.
  2. a. Capable of two meanings.
  3. Capable of two meanings.An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, notfrom the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting ofa double construction; e. g., "The duke yet lives that Henry shalldepose." Whately.
  4. a. Ambiguous; doubtful. a. Capable of two meanings.