Complexly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    Involving complex numbers.
Adverb
  1. 1
    in a complex manner wordnet

Antonyms

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simply

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From complex + -ly.

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