complicitly

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adverb

In a complicit manner.

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Meanings

adverbcomplicitly (comparative more complicitly, superlative most complicitly)

comparative more complicitly · superlative most complicitly

  1. In a complicit manner.

    “Okay, Nessa,” Susan said, and she smiled complicitly at Hilary.

    2016 June 21, Roxana Robinson, Asking for Love: Stories, Open Road Media, →ISBN
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    Every time he bosses someone into a seat or hustles a passenger off, people roll their eyes or smile complicitly.

    2010 November 26, Alex Klaushofer, Paradise Divided: A Portait of Lebanon, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
voluntarily

Origin

From complicit + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

complicitly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complicitly

MLA

“complicitly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complicitly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “complicitly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complicitly.

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