confused
adjective
not thinking coherently or rationally; bewildered; perplexed.
confusedly
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a word derived from
confused.
Example Sentences
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Almost all — somewhat surprisingly or confusedly or embarrassingly — were arriving at the same conclusion: that the billionaire is the best choice for governor.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
The Times reviewed “UHF” back in the day, with the critic writing, “As an actor, Yankovic alternates between screaming and staring confusedly into space.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
The day before the Dear Woman event Mary's neighbours are giving their six-day-old baby girl a bath in a plastic tub on the porch - cooing to the infant who squints back confusedly.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2021
I would suggest and stand outside their door while they confusedly returned it.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2020
He thought confusedly, finally captive in a trap of nostalgia, that perhaps if he had married her he would have been a man without war and without glory, a nameless artisan, a happy animal.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
