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perplexingly

perplexingly adverb: in a way or to an extent that is perplexing.

Adverb

perplexingly (not comparable)

  1. In a way or to an extent that is perplexing.
    • It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 83
    • These perplexingly dissimilar objects found their way into her work at different stages in her artistic development.1988 January 22, Holly Greenhagen, “Art Facts: Ellen Lanyon's magic art”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of perplexingly

From perplexing + -ly.

Questions about perplexingly

What does perplexingly mean?
Perplexingly means in a way or to an extent that is perplexing.
What part of speech is perplexingly?
Perplexingly is an adverb.

Words near perplexingly in the dictionary

  1. perplexes
  2. perplexest
  3. perplexeth
  4. perplexful
  5. perplexing
  6. perplexingly
  7. perplexingness
  8. perplexion
  9. perplexions
  10. perplexities
  11. perplexity

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