problematical
adjEtymology From Latin problēmaticus + -al. By surface analysis, problematic + -al.
1
Doubtful or disputed.
2
Dubious or ambiguous.
- The salt seer attentively listened, accompanying the Foretopman's recital with queer twitchings of his wrinkles and problematical little sparkles of his small ferret eyes.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
- Synonyms
- problematic
- Derived terms
- problematicality, problematicalness