Ambiguous
Ambiguous adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.
Partial and ambiguous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Partial" instead an adjective "Ambiguous".
Nearby Words: ambiguity, ambiguously
Both words in one sentence
- Partial example: Straight Cougar's s-CRY-ed fate is ambiguous in the anime (we last seem him sitting in a chair when his limbs appear to go limp) but he quite unambiguously died in the manga adaptation.
Source: Death By Adaptation / Anime -
The text is ambiguous enough that the reader can take the subtext one of two ways: a sentimental, childless older man on the lookout for a surrogate son, or callous manipulation by his social-climbing protégé.Partial Bibliography & Related Tropes Julian (1964) - Has its own page.
Source: Creator / Gore Vidal
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Partial and Ambiguous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ambiguous/partial
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Partial or Ambiguous. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ambiguous/partial.
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