Perplexingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a way or to an extent that is perplexing. not-comparable

    "It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly."

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darkly

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"It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly."

Etymology

From perplexing + -ly.

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