adv. [f. COMPLEX a. + -LY2.]

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  † 1.  ‘In the complex,’ as a whole, collectively.

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1660.  Trial Regic., 139. Taking them either complexly or singly.

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1707.  [E. Ward], Hist. Calves-Head Club, 164. One that is … neither Christian, Jew, Turk, Infidel, or Heretick, simply, but has a Relish of the Leaven of all Sects complexly.

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1776.  Adam Smith, W. N., I. II. ii. 283. With regard to the whole annual produce taken complexly.

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  2.  In a complex or involved manner, intricately.

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1813.  Edin. Rev., XXII. 13. Punishments complexly afflictive.

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1870.  Rolleston, Anim. Life, 126. Complexly convoluted cells.

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1889.  Century Mag., Aug., 602/1. It came about on this wise—rather complexly.

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