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confusingly

[kuhn-fyoo-zing]

con·fus·ing

[kuhn-fyoo-zing]
adjective
causing or tending to cause confusion: a confusing attempt at explanation.

Origin:
1840–50; confuse + -ing2

con·fus·ing·ly, adverb
con·fus·ing·ness, noun
un·con·fus·ing, adjective
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Confusingly is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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confusing (kənˈfjuːzɪŋ)
 
adj
causing bewilderment; difficult to follow; puzzling
 
confusingly
 
adv

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