confoundedly
Americanadverb
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in a way or to a degree that is frustrating or maddening; damnably (used as a mild expletive).
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in a thoroughly confused way.
Example Sentences
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"Confoundedly funny!" he remarked with his dark eyes fixed upon mine.
From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by Le Queux, William
"Confoundedly annoying that Harris should have got hurt now."
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
"Confoundedly disagreeable companion you make, Norgate," the Cabinet Minister remarked irritably.
From The Double Traitor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Confoundedly conceited about it, too, he was ... called it The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
From War and the Weird by Phillips, Forbes
Confoundedly disagreeable if the mess knew it, thought I. Per Baccho—how they would quiz upon my difficulty to break off a match, when the lady was only anxious to get rid of me.
From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 5 by Lever, Charles James
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