confusingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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What about both movies called “The Illusionist” — the bittersweet French animated one about an aging magician and the Edward Norton one in which he is also, confusingly, a magician?
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Leclerc, claiming his first victory for nearly two years, led home Mercedes' George Russell and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton as the race finished confusingly under a safety car.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
In the end it emerges, however confusingly, that Varsha’s abilities are crucial to the work of environmental activists; supernatural forces may be the last check on mankind’s destruction of the earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Somewhat confusingly Berkshire didn’t call out the $1.6 billion goodwill write-down related to certain units in its earnings release Saturday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
Sky Harbor International Airport: crowded, confusingly laid out .
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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