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complexly

complexly adverb: in a complex manner.

Adverb

complexly (comparative more complexly, superlative most complexly)

  1. In a complex manner.
    • It’s not that Lynch is somehow “above” being manipulative; it’s more like he’s just not interested. Lynch’s movies are about images and stories in his head that he wants to see made external and complexly real.1997, David Foster Wallace, “David Lynch keeps his head”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group
    Antonyms:
    simply
  2. Involving complex numbers.

Antonyms of complexly

Forms of complexly

comparativemore complexly
superlativemost complexly

Origin of complexly

From complex + -ly.

Questions about complexly

What does complexly mean?
Complexly means in a complex manner.
What part of speech is complexly?
Complexly is an adverb.

Words near complexly in the dictionary

  1. complexity-hiding proxies
  2. complexity-hiding proxy
  3. complexive
  4. complexively
  5. complexives
  6. complexly
  7. complexness
  8. complexologist
  9. complexologists
  10. complexology
  11. complexolysis

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