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confusably

confusably adverb: in a confusable way; such that they may be confused.

Adverb

confusably (comparative more confusably, superlative most confusably)

  1. In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
    • Yet except for its longer-tailed Western counterpart (well named difficilis), none of them confusably resemble it.1937, Aaron Clark Bagg, Samuel Atkins Elliot, Birds of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts

Forms of confusably

comparativemore confusably
superlativemost confusably

Origin of confusably

From confusable + -ly.

Questions about confusably

What does confusably mean?
Confusably means in a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
What part of speech is confusably?
Confusably is an adverb.

Words near confusably in the dictionary

  1. confurcating
  2. confurcation
  3. confusability
  4. confusable
  5. confusables
  6. confusably
  7. confuscate
  8. confuscated
  9. confuscates
  10. confuscating
  11. confuscation

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