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ambivalently adjective

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The adjective form of ambivalently is ambivalent

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Definitions

  • adjective ambivalently having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action: The whole family was ambivalent about the move to the suburbs. She is regarded as a morally ambivalent character in the play. 1
  • adjective ambivalently Psychology. of or relating to the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions. 1
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