ambivalent
adjective
am·biv·a·lent
am-ˈbi-və-lənt
: having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone : characterized by ambivalence
… people whose relationship to their job is ambivalent, conflicted.—
Terrence Rafferty
Americans are deeply ambivalent about the country's foreign role. Isolationist yearnings coexist uneasily with superpower policies.—
David P. Calleo
ambivalently
adverb
He spoke ambivalently about his military experiences.
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