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CONFOUNDEDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does confoundedly mean? 

CONFOUNDEDLY (adverb)
  The adverb CONFOUNDEDLY has 1 sense:

1. in a perplexed mannerplay

  Familiarity information: CONFOUNDEDLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONFOUNDEDLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In a perplexed manner

Synonyms:

confoundedly; perplexedly

Context example:

he looked at his professor perplexedly

Pertainym:

confounded (perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment)


 Context examples 


But you are so confoundedly hot-headed and exclamatory that I cannot get a word in.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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