Confoundedly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted.
  2. 2
    Used 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a perplexed manner wordnet

Synonyms

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agonizinglyawfullybitterlyblatantlycruellydeadly

Example

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"I have been thinking, George, of changing our travelling dreſſes in the morning. I am grown confoundedly aſhamed of mine."

Etymology

From confounded + -ly.

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