multilevelledadj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈlɛvld/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈlɛv(ə)ld/; see also multi- comb. form. Having several or many levels (literal and figurative); consisting of or operating on many levels.
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1948 Hudson Rev. 1 i. 117 But precisely because it is a poem—compact, symbolic, multileveled, all details woven elaborately into the meaning pattern—it cannot be totally accounted for as yet.
1962 M. McLuhan Gutenberg Galaxy 103 When only the eye is engaged, the multi-levelled gestures and resonances of Senecan oral action are quite impertinent.
1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. 19/1 The Affleck home is built on the slope of a hill, and is multi-leveled.
1984 Amer. Speech 59 363 These analyses are excellent: detailed, multilevelled, linguistically explicit, and aesthetically revealing.
1997 N. DeMille Plum Island ii. 9 The backyard..was mostly cedar deck, multileveled as it cascaded from the house down to the bay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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