convolutedly

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adverb

In a convoluted manner.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English convoluted →
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Meanings

adverbconvolutedly (comparative more convolutedly, superlative most convolutedly)

comparative more convolutedly · superlative most convolutedly

  1. In a convoluted manner.

    Just as girlie magazines have just enough words to convolutedly justify their “magazine” status, Fox News has just enough information to convolutedly justify its “news” status.

    2005, Alexandra Kitty, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*welH-
  7. Proto-Italic*wolwō
  8. Latinvolvō
  9. Latinconvolvō
  10. Latinconvolūtus
  11. Englishconvolute
  12. Englishconvoluted
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  14. Proto-Germanic*līką
  15. Englishconvolutedly

From convoluted + -ly.

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Translations

Polish zawile
  • zawilein a convoluted manner
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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