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confusedly

ADVERB
in a confused manner
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The Times reviewed “UHF” back in the day, with the critic writing, “As an actor, Yankovic alternates between screaming and staring confusedly into space.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 18, 2022

The day before the Dear Woman event Mary's neighbours are giving their six-day-old baby girl a bath in a plastic tub on the porch - cooing to the infant who squints back confusedly.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2021

Soon it seemed CIMON’s mood detection system had a “hangry” category and had confusedly placed Gerst in it.

From Slate Dec. 29, 2018

His path through the justice system is his hellscape, and he trudges confusedly, angrily through it, proclaiming his innocence of those offenses and his guilt of others.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2017

The last word was uttered in a roar so thunderous that Ranofer stopped in his tracks, wondering confusedly if it were some order he was supposed to understand and obey.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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