Perplexedly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a confused or puzzled manner.

    "She looked perplexedly at the raw meat her waiter had set in front of her."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a perplexed manner wordnet

Synonyms

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confoundedlyconfoundedlyconfusedlyconfusedlyin suspenseperplexly

Example

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"She looked perplexedly at the raw meat her waiter had set in front of her."

Etymology

From perplexed + -ly.

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