Antonyms for ambiguity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : am-bi-gyoo-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˌæm bɪˈgyu ɪ ti

Definition of ambiguity

Origin : c.1400, "uncertainty, doubt, indecision, hesitation," also from Medieval Latin ambiguitatem (nominative ambiguitas) "double meaning, equivocalness, double sense," noun of state from ambiguus (see ambiguous).

noun uncertainty of meaning

Example sentences :

There is no circumlocution nor ambiguity of expression here.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various

James never noticed anything—or if he did, his ambiguity was two-edged.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

Obscurity in a teacher is a great defect, especially when he glories in his ambiguity.
Extract from : « The Mistakes of Jesus » by William Floyd

He found an ambiguity in the wording, a choice of constructions.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Even the term "expression" has a certain amount of ambiguity.
Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel

It was also free from ambiguity, and left little room for doubt.
Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent

The true remedy for ambiguity is not punctuation, but re-writing.
Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce

Something is needed to cut into the ambiguity of human love.
Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe

It is sufficient that the ambiguity was such as to deceive the friends of the Cyclops.
Extract from : « The Odyssey of Homer » by Homer

This ambiguity enters into all the phrases which are humanitarian.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Synonyms for ambiguity

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