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confusingly

American  
[kuhn-fyooz-ing-lee] / kənˈfyuz ɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. in a way that causes or tends to cause confusion


Example Sentences

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But these contestants are colorful, and confusingly buff, AI fruit characters.

From The Wall Street Journal

The book is by turns brilliant, provocative, digressive and dull—abounding in talent but confusingly at odds with itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

When she did, she announced - confusingly - that Luther Vandross had won, seemingly from beyond the grave.

From BBC

The lawsuit said the filing of applications showed the property owner was pursuing a “confusingly similar” name and that infringement on the Mercados’ business was thus “willful, deliberate, and malicious.”

From Los Angeles Times