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Meanings of very equivocal in English

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Usage of very equivocal in English
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Not because it is a deterrent; the evidence for deterrence is very equivocal.
The Irish Times
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Your friend Keith has placed himself in a very equivocal position.
Gordon Keith
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Randal was really in high spirits, despite the very equivocal success of his speech.
"My Novel" — Volume 12
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On another occasion I received a very equivocal compliment.
The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life. Volume...
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To Harrington she has left a very equivocal heritage.
The Eclipse of Faith; Or, A Visit to a Religious Sceptic
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Otherwise, Sulzer and his school might have made German poetry adopt a very equivocal style.
Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller
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The non-attendance of five or six of that description has left the majority very equivocal indeed.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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We have already stated that Rob Roy's conduct during the insurrection of 1715 was very equivocal.
Rob Roy — Volume 01
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St. Germain in particular had behaved in a very equivocal way since his journey to Slave Lake.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
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When I had made an end of my lecture, Mr. Dammit indulged himself in some very equivocal behavior.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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Cogent and conclusive this; and thus Harry, from the very beginning, was put down for a very equivocal character.
Redburn. His First Voyage / Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and...
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The oracles, were often very equivocal, or so obscure that their signification was not understood but after the event.
Thaumaturgia; Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous
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Here, however, he based his opinion on experiments properly described as " very equivocal;" and stuck to it.
She Stands Accused
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Mother Benedict did not reply, as she thought it a very equivocal sort of answer, but suddenly she exclaimed:
Original Short Stories — Volume 07
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Mother Benedict did not reply, as she thought it a very equivocal soft of answer, but suddenly she exclaimed:
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3
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But whether it indicated pleasure or disappointment, he could not tell; for it was at best a very equivocal expression.
The Allen House; Or, Twenty Years Ago and Now
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