puzzlingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Yet puzzlingly, they remain sidelined in the current affordability conversation.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
When consistent execution at the plate looked like a puzzlingly difficult task.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
Famed for its lengthy guitar solo and puzzlingly poetic lyrics, the song still gets streamed hundreds of millions of times a year.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024
Burgum, extremely puzzlingly, pointed the finger at software used by health care workers for a decline in medical productivity.
From Slate • Sep. 28, 2023
Nor, more puzzlingly, did he gain any fame or even much attention from half a century of consistent and increasingly selfless achievement.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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