Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perplexingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: per-plex-ing-ly
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a way or to an extent that is perplexing.

Example Sentences

"It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly."
"These perplexingly dissimilar objects found their way into her work at different stages in her artistic development."

Etymology

Etymology tree English perplexing Middle English -ly English -ly English perplexingly From perplexing + -ly.

Questions

What does perplexingly mean?: In a way or to an extent that is perplexing.
Where does perplexingly come from?: Etymology tree English perplexing Middle English -ly English -ly English perplexingly From perplexing + -ly.

How to pronounce perplexingly

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