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convolutedly

adv

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *wolwō Latin volvō Latin convolvō Latin convolūtusbor. English convolute Middle English -ed English -ed English convoluted Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English convolutedly From convoluted + -ly.

  1. derived from *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English convolutedly From convoluted + -ly✻
  2. derived from convolute Middle English -ed English -ed English convoluted Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder
  3. derived from *wolwō Latin volvō Latin convolvō Latin convolūtusbor✻
  4. derived from *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der✻

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for convolutedly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA