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discombobulatingly

discombobulatingly adverb: so as to discombobulate; perplexingly.

Adverb

discombobulatingly (comparative more discombobulatingly, superlative most discombobulatingly)

  1. So as to discombobulate; perplexingly.
    • The visitor fresh off a discombobulatingly long flight and a two-hour, traffic-choked journey from Narita Airport is ushered into a quiet, softly lighted cocoon where every contingency seems to have been anticipated.2008 January 10, Tom Vanderbilt, “You Can Go Home Again, but Why?”, in New York Times

Forms of discombobulatingly

comparativemore discombobulatingly
superlativemost discombobulatingly

Origin of discombobulatingly

From discombobulating + -ly.

Questions about discombobulatingly

What does discombobulatingly mean?
Discombobulatingly means so as to discombobulate; perplexingly.
What part of speech is discombobulatingly?
Discombobulatingly is an adverb.

Words near discombobulatingly in the dictionary

  1. discombobulate
  2. discombobulated
  3. discombobulatedly
  4. discombobulates
  5. discombobulating
  6. discombobulatingly
  7. discombobulation
  8. discombobulations
  9. discombobulative
  10. discombobulator
  11. discombobulators

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