bafflingly

Examples

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• Even doctors who actually dissected human cadavers would bafflingly repeat Galen's mistakes despite seeing clear evidence to the contrary.

• Bafflingly, there is no mention of spelling contests of any kind during this period.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Internet service is bafflingly elusive.

  Blog text (11)

• It's bafflingly beautiful.

  Iron Man 2 (2010)

• Darwin, one might say, leaves us with a bafflingly simple question: what would our lives be like if we took earthworms seriously?

  Academic text (1999)

• This paper was summarized, bafflingly but predictably, in the Daily Mail.

  Blog text (25)

• He found himself near his hotel, more by coincidence, after a bafflingly short walk, and a fine drizzle had started, smelling more of dust than of water.

  Fiction book (2002)

• It has long struck me that the fundamental attitude regarding false accusations in this society is bizarrely and bafflingly benign.

  Blog text (4)

• And while the 360's rate is alarmingly higher than the others, it's still bafflingly low because it blows the mind to imagine that 45.8 percent of the consoles have not broken.

  Blog text (18)

• From an outside perspective, the anger evident in our responses is bafflingly disproportionate—all they said was that I must be good at basketball; why am I losing my temper like this?

  Blog text (29)

Synonyms

C

confusingly

vsbafflingly

3 4.0

In a way that makes it hard to understand

is stronger, meaning very confusing or especially hard to understand

I

incomprehensibly

vsbafflingly

2 8.0

It is very hard to understand

is slightly milder, meaning very confusing but not necessarily impossible to grasp

U

unintelligibly

vsbafflingly

2 8.1

In a way that is very hard to understand

is less absolute, meaning very confusing but not wholly unintelligible

D

disconcertingly

vsbafflingly

1 7.5

In a way that makes people feel uneasy or confused

centres solely on very strong confusion without emotional discomfort

B

bogglingly

vsbafflingly

1 8.4

In a way that is very surprising and hard to understand

is similar but centers on sheer confusing difficulty rather than surprise

E

enigmatically

vsbafflingly

1 8.3

In a mysterious way that is hard to understand

is more about strong confusion and difficulty understanding facts directly

B

bewilderingly

vsbafflingly

1 8.2

In a confusing way that makes something hard to understand

is more extreme, pointing to very deep confusion rather than simple loss

U

unexplainably

vsbafflingly

1 6.9

In a way that people cannot understand

means very confusing in effect rather than strictly lacking any explanation

P

perplexingly

vsbafflingly

1 7.9

In a way that makes something hard to understand

is more intense, signalling very high confusion rather than mild puzzlement

P

puzzlingly

vsbafflingly

1 6.1

In a way that is confusing and hard to understand

is more extreme, stressing very high difficulty in understanding

C

confoundingly

vsbafflingly

1 8.4

In a way that is very confusing and hard to understand

focuses more on utter confusion and difficulty in understanding

M

mystifyingly

vsbafflingly

1 8.0

In a way that is confusing and hard to understand

leans more toward very high confusion and incomprehensibility

U

unintuitively

vsbafflingly

8.2

In a way that is hard to understand or does not match what you expect

is about strong general confusion rather than unexpected logic

E

elusively

vsbafflingly

7.5

In a way that is hard to find, catch, or understand

focuses on strong confusion rather than on being hard to locate

Antonyms

C

clearly

881 1.0

In a way that is easy to see, hear, or understand

S

simply

110 1.0

You do this in a plain way without extra things

How Confusing

bewilderingly

1 8.2

bafflingly

1 7.9

perplexingly

1 7.9

confusingly

3 4.0

puzzlingly

1 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology