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English
Etymology
From problematic + -al.
Adjective
problematical (comparative more problematical, superlative most problematical)
- doubtful or disputed
- dubious or ambiguous
1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.: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.
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