muddledlyadv.
/ˈmʌdldli/, U.S. /ˈmədəldli/ In a muddled or disorganized manner; with confusion of mind.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adverb]
pelly mellya1500
ribble-rabble?a1525
confusely1540
huddlea1555
confusedly1566
pell-mell1579
tag-rag1582
helter-skelter1593
promiscuously1593
pell-mell1596
confusively1599
mel-pella1600
promiscually1602
squimble-squamble1611
promiscuous1616
clutteringly1624
promiscously1635
perplexly1670
skimble-skamble1775
skimper-scamper1778
hodge-podge1848
hugger-mugger1880
rumble-jumble1887
muddledly1914
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adverb]
confusedly1502
amazedly1561
out1585
perplexedly1587
distractedly1608
muddily1648
confoundedly1672
turbidly1728
puzzledly1870
unclearly1875
muddledly1914
distraughtly1926
wuzzily1964
1914 R. Brooke Let. Aug. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. cxxv All these people at the front who are fighting muddledly enough for some idea called England.
1935 F. M. Ford Let. 27 Sept. (1965) 243 Though I shall read it..it will probably be rather muddledly.
1977 Economist 16 Apr. 10/2 The world is now probably moving, however slowly, however muddledly, towards an age of abundant, safe and eventually cheap..energy.
1998 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 6 Apr. f1 This [musical] salute to a gilded age rolls along, merrily but muddledly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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