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complicitly

complicitly adverb: in a complicit manner.

Adverb

complicitly (comparative more complicitly, superlative most complicitly)

  1. In a complicit manner.
    • Every time he bosses someone into a seat or hustles a passenger off, people roll their eyes or smile complicitly.2010 November 26, Alex Klaushofer, Paradise Divided: A Portait of Lebanon, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN
    • “Okay, Nessa,” Susan said, and she smiled complicitly at Hilary.2016 June 21, Roxana Robinson, Asking for Love: Stories, Open Road Media, →ISBN

Forms of complicitly

comparativemore complicitly
superlativemost complicitly

Origin of complicitly

From complicit + -ly.

Questions about complicitly

What does complicitly mean?
Complicitly means in a complicit manner.
What part of speech is complicitly?
Complicitly is an adverb.

Words near complicitly in the dictionary

  1. complicators
  2. complice
  3. complices
  4. complicit
  5. complicities
  6. complicitly
  7. complicitness
  8. complicitous
  9. complicitousness
  10. complicity
  11. complied

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