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UK
/kənfjˈuːsɪdli/
]
ADVERB
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in a confused manner
Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him
How To Use confusedly In A Sentence
- For example, if one places a compass on the ground, it spins confusedly without finding a set destination.
- They will pile the scrap outside their warehouse, half formed prophets who stagger away confusedly, their perfect teeth askew. Prophetstown
- Too much occupied with the acquaintances which they would be able to form and the invitations it might perhaps be possible to secure, they knew absolutely nothing, even in after-years, of what there was in this priceless museum of the archives of the Monarchy, and could only recall confusedly that it was decorated with cacti and giant palms which gave this centre of social elegance a look of the palmarium in the Jardin d’Acclimatation. The Guermantes Way
- Miriam brushed off her tears, quickly but unconfusedly. The Tragic Muse
- I recalled confusedly the warning of the Chief of Police and father not to say anything of what I had seen. The Other Side of the Door
- When the purchaser presents himself, they withdraw these bags from the pressure to which they are subject; the merchant, with a careless air, gives a slight push with his fist to the bottom of the crown, to raise it up, smooths the front upon his knee, and presents to your eyes an object at once whimsically fantastical, which recalls confusedly to your memory those fabulous head-dresses favored by box-keepers, aunts of opera dancers, or duennas of provincial theaters. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02
- Her mouth opened and closed like a mudskipper as she bleated confusedly, Lord Mountrachet? The Forgotten Garden
- There was a veritable rash of young white guys, running confusedly around the electorate brandishing postcards.
- His methods of consolation, his pulling of himself together -- it was all extremely commonplace, but then he was an essentially commonplace man, and saw things unconfusedly, one at a time, with no entanglement of motives or complicated searching for origins. The Wooden Horse
- Max frowned confusedly and she felt guilt overwhelm her as she realized how muzzy he was.
