Ambivalently
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In an ambivalent manner.
"Ito continues his self-reinventions. Each time his turn seems suited to the moment ambivalently, equal parts progressive and defeated, and perhaps each time, but certainly this time, the fault rests not with him but the political moment."
Example
More examples"Ito continues his self-reinventions. Each time his turn seems suited to the moment ambivalently, equal parts progressive and defeated, and perhaps each time, but certainly this time, the fault rests not with him but the political moment."
Etymology
From ambivalent + -ly.
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