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befuddlingly

befuddlingly adverb: in a way or to an extent that befuddles.

Adverb

befuddlingly (comparative more befuddlingly, superlative most befuddlingly)

  1. In a way or to an extent that befuddles
    • They open for the befuddlingly popular, triumphantly average Toad the Wet Sprocket.1994 July 22, Peter Margasak, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader

Synonyms of befuddlingly

Forms of befuddlingly

comparativemore befuddlingly
superlativemost befuddlingly

Origin of befuddlingly

From befuddling + -ly.

Questions about befuddlingly

What does befuddlingly mean?
Befuddlingly means in a way or to an extent that befuddles.
What part of speech is befuddlingly?
Befuddlingly is an adverb.

Words near befuddlingly in the dictionary

  1. befuddlements
  2. befuddler
  3. befuddlers
  4. befuddles
  5. befuddling
  6. befuddlingly
  7. befuddlings
  8. Befunge
  9. befunolol
  10. befur
  11. befuraline

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