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perplexedly

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[per-pleks-id-lee] / pərˈplɛks ɪd li /

adverb

  1. in a perplexed manner.


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Inside the Pantages’ Art Deco lobby, theatergoers milled as chaotically, boisterously and perplexedly as they are wont to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2021

The man scratched his head perplexedly and looked a few feet up the hill at the manzanita bush that marked approximately the apex of the “V.”

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2018

She stood by as Alberto Cortes, a performance artist, stared at her photos perplexedly.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2013

Hardy’s spirit hovers — perhaps somewhat perplexedly, but who knows? — over this movie.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2010

Emily Brent's brow, which had been frowning perplexedly, cleared.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

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