unequivocally

English

Etymology

From unequivocal +‎ -ly or un- +‎ equivocally.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnɨˈkwɪvək(ə)lɪ/
• (General American) enPR: ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kəl-ē, ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-klē, IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪ̈ˈkwɪvək(ə)li/

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• Rhymes: -ɪvəkəli, -ɪvəkli
• Hyphenation: un‧equiv‧o‧cal‧ly

Adverb

unequivocally (comparative more unequivocally, superlative most unequivocally)

1. In a way that leaves no doubt; in an unequivocal or unambiguous manner, unquestionably.

   They strove to make their product unequivocally the best in the industry.

   • 2009, Emma Darcy, Sara Craven, Diane Hamilton, The Italian's Love-Child (Mills & Boon By Request):

     'Surely, in hindsight, you realise she was an unsuitable wife for you,' he stated unequivocally.
     'Don't go there, Dad,' Luc warned, hard ruthless steel in his own eyes. 'You've lost one son. You're very close to losing another.'

   • 2017, Deepak G. Panpatte, Yogeshvari K. Jhala, Rajababu V. Vyas, Microorganisms for Green Revolution: Volume 1, page 66:

     The millettioid group involves the unequivocally sustained millettioid and phaseoloid clades including numerous vital crop species, for example, the cultivated soybean […]

Synonyms

• expressly, unambiguously; see also Thesaurus:explicitly

Translations

in an unequivocal or unambiguous manner

• Armenian: միանշանակ (hy) (mianšanak)
• Finnish: yksiselitteisesti (fi)
• French: sans conteste (fr)
• German: zweifelsfrei (de), eindeutig (de), ganz klar, fraglos (de)
• Italian: inequivocabilmente (it)
• Persian: صراحتاً (fa)
• Polish: jednoznacznie (pl)
• Romanian: inechivoc, fără ambiguitate
• Russian: без экивоков (bez ekivokov)
• Spanish: inequívocamente
• Swedish: entydigt (sv), omisskännligt (sv)