Meanings
adverbconfoundedly (comparative more confoundedly, superlative most confoundedly)
comparative more confoundedly · superlative most confoundedly
- In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
- colloquialdatedUsed as a mild oath: damnably.
I have been thinking, George, of changing our travelling dreſſes in the morning. I am grown confoundedly aſhamed of mine.
1773, [Oliver] Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer: Or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. […], London: […] F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, Act II, page 23 - colloquialdatedVery; terribly.
That's most confoundedly good of you.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a perplexed manner
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Translations
German umhangen, verflixt
- umhangenin a confounded manner
- verflixtdamnably
Polish ze zdumieniem, cholernie
- ze zdumieniemin a confounded manner
- cholerniedamnably
Turkish karmakarışık bir şekilde, lanetli
- karmakarışık bir şekildein a confounded manner
- lanetlidamnably
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