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BEMUSEDLY

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be⋅mused

  [bi-myoozd]
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–adjective
1. bewildered or confused.
2. lost in thought; preoccupied.
Origin:
1695–1705; bemuse + -ed 2

Related forms:
be⋅mus⋅ed⋅ly  [bi-myoo-zid-lee] , adverb
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be·muse   (bĭ-myōōz')   
tr.v.   be·mused, be·mus·ing, be·mus·es

  1. To cause to be bewildered; confuse. See Synonyms at daze.

  2. To cause to be engrossed in thought.

be·mus'ed·ly (-myōō'zĭd-lē) adv., be·muse'ment n.
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