Ambiguous and Circumstantial

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Ambiguous adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.

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Circumstantial is an antonym for ambiguous.

Nearby Words: ambiguity, ambiguously

Circumstantial adjective - Including many small descriptive features.

Usage example: the circumstantial account of his surgery told us more than we really wanted to know about the stomach

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Ambiguous is an antonym for circumstantial.

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