perplexingly

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English perplexing Middle English -ly English -ly English perplexingly From perplexing + -ly.

1. In a way or to an extent that is perplexing.

   “It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly.”

   “These perplexingly dissimilar objects found their way into her work at different stages in her artistic development.”