befuddlingly

English

Etymology

befuddling +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

befuddlingly (comparative more befuddlingly, superlative most befuddlingly)

1. In a way or to an extent that befuddles
   • 1994 July 22, Peter Margasak, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     They open for the befuddlingly popular, triumphantly average Toad the Wet Sprocket.

Synonyms

• puzzlingly
• confoundingly