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confoundedly

confoundedly adverb: in a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.

Adverb

confoundedly (comparative more confoundedly, superlative most confoundedly)

  1. In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
  2. (colloquial, dated) Used as a mild oath: damnably.
    • I have been thinking, George, of changing our travelling dreſſes in the morning. I am grown confoundedly aſhamed of mine.1773, [Oliver] Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer: Or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. […], London: […] F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, Act II, page 23
  3. (colloquial, dated) Very; terribly.
    • That's most confoundedly good of you.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Forms of confoundedly

comparativemore confoundedly
superlativemost confoundedly

Origin of confoundedly

From confounded + -ly.

Questions about confoundedly

What does confoundedly mean?
Confoundedly means in a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
What part of speech is confoundedly?
Confoundedly is an adverb.

Words near confoundedly in the dictionary

  1. confound it
  2. confoundable
  3. confoundation
  4. confoundations
  5. confounded
  6. confoundedly
  7. confoundedness
  8. confounder
  9. confounders
  10. confoundest
  11. confoundeth

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