complexly en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English complex Middle English -ly English -ly English complexly From complex + -ly.
Meanings
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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:
- Involving complex numbers.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more complexly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most complexly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |