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adjective
1.
bewildered; puzzled: a perplexed state of mind.
2.
complicated; involved; entangled.
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Perplexedly
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| 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. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
perplexed
late 15c., pp. adj.; see perplexity. A case of a pp. form attested centuries before the verb; perplex isn't recorded until 17c.
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