Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Having multiple facets. 2 Having many aspects; nuanced or diverse.
WordNet
adj. having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city" [syn: many-sided, multifarious]
Usage examples of "multifaceted".
The central diamond was round, multifaceted, and very large, at least twenty carats, and it was surrounded by smaller stones which were equally as lovely and superbly cut, and these formed a circle at the base of the mounting.
Their glittering multifaceted eyes stare at the camera while their complex mouthparts work busily, munching through still-struggling victims.
But to reach its most powerful and truthful expression, the geometry and mathematics really need to describe the way in which the One becomes the many in the multireflective, multidimensional, multilevel, multifaceted, integrated worlds of the Mind.
They cannot fully represent the hierarchical, multifaceted, multilayered structure of the Formative Mind.
Lyall Watson in Supernature, Super-nature II, Lifetide and his other books, are all explicable when one understands the multilevel, multifaceted and totally integrated aspects of the Formative Mind.
Our droid led us past an extremely attractive frontdesk person, species unknown to me, whose multifaceted eyes glistened prettily.
Their bulbous multifaceted eyes, already large, grew even larger as the two green youths explored the interior of the silver vessel.
The bluish, nightmarish crew was assembled behind that band, surveying the world with great multifaceted eyes.
Expressionlessly, his multifaceted eyes watched the energized grids change angle as the boat swung into a curve and floated away like a little bubble.
He remained on the sled, his multifaceted gaze going over his surroundings or studying the angry sky now threatening rain.
Behind the transparent band its bluish, nightmarish crew were assembled and looking with great, multifaceted eyes at the upper surface of the clouds.
The overwhelming, multifaceted issue of drinking and quitting and repairing the damage that had probably, surely, been done in the whole course of his life threatened to topple every other thought in his head.
In the other he held the pine cone, emblem of his multifaceted nature, for he was also a creator: bringer of law, crafter of the calendar, and husband of Zerpanitum.
Rapid Dominance seeks to integrate these multifaceted realities and facts and apply them to the common defense at a time when uncertainty about the future is perhaps one of the few givens.
It was beautiful, terrible, and enigmatic all at onceand somewhat like seeing the world through the multifaceted eyes of an insect.