confusingly

con·fuse

C0565100 (kən-fyo͞oz′)v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr.1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.b. Archaic To cause to feel embarrassment.2. a. To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another: confused effusiveness with affection.b. To make more complex or difficult to understand: "The old labels ... confuse debate instead of clarifying it" (Christopher Lasch).v.intr. To make something unclear or incomprehensible: a new tax code that only confuses.

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[Middle English confusen, from Old French confus, perplexed, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundere, to mix together; see confound.]

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con·fus′a·ble adj.con·fus′ing·ly adv.

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confusingly - in a bewildering and confusing manner; "her situation was bewilderingly unclear"bewilderingly

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