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confoundingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-found-ing-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a confounding way; confusingly; bewilderingly; perplexingly.

Etymology

Etymology tree English confounding Middle English -ly English -ly English confoundingly From confounding + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more confoundingly (comparative) most confoundingly (superlative)

Questions

What does confoundingly mean?
In a confounding way; confusingly; bewilderingly; perplexingly.
Where does confoundingly come from?
Etymology tree English confounding Middle English -ly English -ly English confoundingly From confounding + -ly.

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