ambivalently
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- adverb
- /æmˈbɪvələntli/
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ambivalentemente
- She felt ambivalently about moving to a new city, excited for the adventure but sad to leave her friends.
- viewed ambivalently
The third group were children that she called ambivalently attached.
- The third group were children that she called ambivalently attached.
Examples
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The audience reacted ambivalently to the performance, enjoying some parts while finding others disappointing.
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He approached the decision ambivalently, torn between wanting a change and fearing the unknown.
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The third group were children that she called ambivalently attached.
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But the population in general currently views that word too ambivalently.
Blog text (8) -
Hynes too seems to be presented ambivalently.
Academic text (1991) -
To say that Fiona is ambivalently pleased by the success of her younger sister would be to put it mildly.
Fiction book (1999) -
In other words, the very obstacles to Andrea's development are regarded ambivalently by her; the house is oppressive but no less fascinating.
Academic text (1992) -
May we not suppose that Dickens, too, and the ideology he so ambivalently espouses are in the grip of conflicts analogous to those of both David and Dick?
Academic text (1990) -
One theme here has been the various ways that projects of "modernity" are ambivalently promoted, accepted, resisted, and reshaped in the interactions among indigenous people, the Catholic Church, and the state.
Academic text (2001) -
A hundred years ago, there certainly was no culture of multiculturalism celebrating—however superficially and ambivalently—ethnicity and communities of origin.
Academic text (2002)
Antonyms
How Conflicted
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Surface Forms
Morphology
ambivalently = ambivalent (transparent) = ambivalent + ly
Adverb formed by the regular addition of '-ly' to the adjective 'ambivalent', so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
The word ambivalently comes from ambi- meaning 'both', as in ambidextrous which uses both hands, and -valent meaning 'strong' or 'having power', the same root in value. So it suggests 'two strong feelings' at once, which is why to feel ambivalently is to have mixed or conflicting feelings.