ambivalently

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  • ambivalently — adverb see ambivalence …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • ambivalently — adv. with both positive and negative feelings towards a subject …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ambivalently — am·biv·a·lent·ly …   English syllables

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  • 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

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