confusinglyadv.
/kənˈfjuːzɪŋli/, U.S. /kənˈfjuzɪŋli/ In a confusing manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > [adverb]
confusively1599
confoundingly1667
perplexingly1795
embarrassingly1817
distractively1834
bewilderingly1838
distractingly1842
confusingly1863
bafflingly1879
mystifyingly1937
1863 C. Dickens Let. 17 May (1998) X. 246 He feels the school to be confusingly large for him.
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 326 The querulous cry of one [young robin] for food is confusingly like that of another.
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