- ambivalently
- adverb see ambivalence
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ambivalently
Look at other dictionaries:
ambivalently — ambivalent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. DERIVATIVES ambivalence noun ambivalently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin ambi on both sides + valere be worth … English terms dictionary
ambivalently — See ambivalent. * * * … Universalium
ambivalently — adverb In an ambivalent manner … Wiktionary
ambivalently — adv. with both positive and negative feelings towards a subject … English contemporary dictionary
ambivalently — am·biv·a·lent·ly … English syllables
ambivalently — See: ambivalent … English dictionary
ambivalently — adverb see ambivalent … Useful english dictionary
ambivalent — [[t]æmbɪ̱vələnt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it. She remained ambivalent about her marriage... He maintained an… … English dictionary
ambivalent — ambivalent, ambiguous The terms ambivalent and ambivalence are first recorded in about 1916 in the context of psychology, and in particular the Jungian notion of ‘the coexistence in one person of contradictory emotions or attitudes towards a… … Modern English usage
ambiguous — ambivalent, ambiguous The terms ambivalent and ambivalence are first recorded in about 1916 in the context of psychology, and in particular the Jungian notion of ‘the coexistence in one person of contradictory emotions or attitudes towards a… … Modern English usage
