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perplexly

perplexly adverb: perplexedly.

Adverb

perplexly (comparative more perplexly, superlative most perplexly)

  1. (obsolete) perplexedly
    • This is the ſumme of what paſs'd in three years against the Danes, returning out of France, ſet down ſo perplexly by the saxon Annaliſt , ill - guiſted with utterance1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC

Forms of perplexly

comparativemore perplexly
superlativemost perplexly

Origin of perplexly

From perplex + -ly.

Questions about perplexly

What does perplexly mean?
Perplexly means perplexedly.
What part of speech is perplexly?
Perplexly is an adverb.

Words near perplexly in the dictionary

  1. perplexion
  2. perplexions
  3. perplexities
  4. perplexity
  5. perplexiveness
  6. perplexly
  7. perplexment
  8. perplext
  9. perplural
  10. perpotassic
  11. perpotation

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