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bewilderingly

bewilderingly adverb: in a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.

Adverb

bewilderingly (comparative more bewilderingly, superlative most bewilderingly)

  1. In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
    • ‘Yes,’ said Slartibartfast, ‘staggeringly dull. Bewilderingly so.[…]’1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 111
    • Believe me, there are few more bewilderingly birdless places than a New England woodland in early fall.2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 141

Forms of bewilderingly

comparativemore bewilderingly
superlativemost bewilderingly

Origin of bewilderingly

From bewildering + -ly.

Questions about bewilderingly

What does bewilderingly mean?
Bewilderingly means in a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
What part of speech is bewilderingly?
Bewilderingly is an adverb.

Words near bewilderingly in the dictionary

  1. bewilderer
  2. bewilderers
  3. bewilderest
  4. bewildereth
  5. bewildering
  6. bewilderingly
  7. bewilderingness
  8. bewilderings
  9. bewilderment
  10. bewilderments
  11. bewilders

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