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How to spell ambiguously

Ambiguously is spelled A-M-B-I-G-U-O-U-S-L-Y.

What it means: In a way that has more than one possible meaning.

In a sentence: The clue was worded ambiguously, so we had to think carefully. ▶

The part people get wrong

Keep the -ous before adding -ly.

Same family: ambiguous, unambiguous. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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