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puzzling /ˈpʌz(ə)lɪŋ / /ˈpʌzlɪŋ/adjectiveCausing one to be puzzled; perplexing: only one very puzzling question remains unanswered...- Given the large structural changes in the complex, the small change in dynamics might seem puzzling.
- IBS can affect children, too, giving them a puzzling set of digestive complaints.
- Every few yards there is a surreal spectacle, a puzzling riddle or a mysterious door.
Derivatives puzzlingly /ˈpʌz(ə)lɪŋli/ adverb [sentence adverb]: puzzlingly, he was never able to attend gatherings of contributors in Oxford [as submodifier]: prices for Goya paintings are still puzzlingly low...- ‘I don't have the voice in my head,’ he says, puzzlingly, ‘It is on the paper.’
- ‘I've been trying to say this to you for the best part of 10 years, but never quite found the words,’ he said, puzzlingly.
- It's pleasant, but puzzlingly inconsequential.
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