Ambivalently
having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action: the whole family was ambivalent about the move to the suburbs.
she is regarded as a morally ambivalent character in the play.
psychology. of or relating to the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.
adj.
1916, originally a term in psychology; back-formation from ambivalence. in general use by 1929.
Read Also:
- Ambiversion
a state intermediate between extroversion and introversion. ambiversion am·bi·ver·sion (ām’bĭ-vûr’zhən, -shən) n. a personality trait including the qualities of both introversion and extroversion.
- Ambled
to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: he ambled around the town. (of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm. an ambling gait. a slow, easy walk or gentle pace. a stroll. contemporary examples he ambled into the main […]
- Ambler's
eric, 1909–1998, english suspense novelist. to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: he ambled around the town. (of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm. an ambling gait. a slow, easy walk or gentle pace. a stroll. verb (intransitive) […]
- Ambling
to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: he ambled around the town. (of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm. an ambling gait. a slow, easy walk or gentle pace. a stroll. contemporary examples ambling behind him is a […]
- Ambly-
ambly- ambly- pref. dull; dim: amblyopia.