Meanings
comparative more complexly · superlative most complexly
- In a complex manner.
It’s not that Lynch is somehow “above” being manipulative; it’s more like he’s just not interested. Lynch’s movies are about images and stories in his head that he wants to see made external and complexly real.
1997, David Foster Wallace, “David Lynch keeps his head”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book GroupAntonyms: simply
- mathematicsInvolving complex numbers.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a complex manner.
Origin
Cite this entry
complexly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complexly
“complexly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complexly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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