confusingly,adv.|kənˈfjuːzɪŋlɪ| [f.prec. + -ly2.] In a confusing manner. 1863Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 199 He feels the school to be confusingly large for him.1879Jefferies Wild Life in S. Co. 326 The querulous cry of one [young robin] for food is confusingly like that of another.