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complexly, adv.|ˈkɒmplɛkslɪ|
[f. complex a. + -ly2.]
†1. ‘In the complex’, as a whole, collectively.
1660Trial Regic. 139 Taking them either complexly or singly. 1711Char. Mod. Whig 55 One that..has a Relish of the Leaven of all Sects complexly. 1776Adam Smith W.N. I. ii. ii. 283 With regard to the whole annual produce taken complexly.
2. In a complex or involved manner, intricately.
1813Edin. Rev. XXII. 13 Punishments complexly afflictive. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 126 Complexly convoluted cells. 1889Century Mag. Aug. 602/1 It came about on this wise—rather complexly. |