confusedly

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Videos captured people murmuring confusedly, presuming technical difficulties, before the truth dawned on the crowd that pyrotechnics would not be forthcoming.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

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

Mr. Zalatimo looked confusedly at the filing cabinets and scratched himself.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole