mystifyingly
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8.0
- adverb
- /ˌmɪstɪˈfaɪɪŋli/
:
de manera misteriosa
- But the trouble is when you've got neurological dysfunction, it's mystifyingly hard to tie down diagnose.
But the trouble is when you've got neurological dysfunction, it's mystifyingly hard to tie down diagnose.
- But the trouble is when you've got neurological dysfunction, it's mystifyingly hard to tie down diagnose.
Examples
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It is disappointing that the camera mystifyingly chose not to show any of the slides in a slide presentation.
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K, somewhat mystifyingly, stands for complete.
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"If that was the sound bite of the evening, there were lots more high moments for the President, some of them supplied, mystifyingly enough, by his opponent, who was engaged in what amounted to a shape-shifting exercise too far."
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Other than homescreen rotation—which is mystifyingly laggy—the Optimus G is beautifully responsive.
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The instructions were written so mystifyingly that no one could understand how to complete the task.
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For reasons that seemed mystifyingly unclear, the meeting was postponed without explanation.
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She found his sudden change in attitude mystifyingly puzzling, as he had always shown interest in the project.
Synonyms
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4.6
In a way that is strange and hard to understand
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6.9
In a way that cannot be explained or understood
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8.1
In a way that hides the true meaning
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4.0
In a way that makes it hard to understand
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8.1
In a way that is very hard to understand
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8.0
It is very hard to understand
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8.4
In a way that is very surprising and hard to understand
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8.3
In a mysterious way that is hard to understand
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8.2
In a confusing way that makes something hard to understand
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6.9
In a way that people cannot understand
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7.9
In a way that makes something hard to understand
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6.1
In a way that is confusing and hard to understand
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8.4
In a way that is very confusing and hard to understand
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7.9
In a way that is hard to understand
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9.6
In a way that hides what someone feels and is hard to understand
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4.4
Not clear or hard to understand
In a way that makes something hard to understand
In a way that is hard to find, catch, or understand
In a way that is hard to understand or does not match what you expect
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
mystifyingly = mystifying (transparent) = mystify + ing + ly
Formed regularly by adding -ly to 'mystifying', so its meaning is directly 'in a mystifying manner'.
Etymology
The word mystifyingly comes from the verb mystify, which shares the root of mystery, meaning 'a secret' or 'something hard to understand'. So to do something mystifyingly is to do it in a way that makes people confused or puzzled.