befuddlingly

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adverb

In a way or to an extent that befuddles

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puzzlinglyconfoundingly
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Meanings

adverbbefuddlingly (comparative more befuddlingly, superlative most befuddlingly)

comparative more befuddlingly · superlative most befuddlingly

  1. In a way or to an extent that befuddles

    They open for the befuddlingly popular, triumphantly average Toad the Wet Sprocket.

    1994 July 22, Peter Margasak, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader

    Synonyms: puzzlingly, confoundingly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a way or to an extent that befuddles

Similar
puzzlinglyconfoundingly

Origin

From befuddling + -ly.

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APA

befuddlingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/befuddlingly

MLA

“befuddlingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/befuddlingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “befuddlingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/befuddlingly.

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