confusedly

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Adverb
  • As college athletic departments desperately look for money to pay mostly football and men’s basketball players, dumping a golf, tennis, track or swimming and diving program is an easy way to help with the budget.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
  • With the bye week landing in October, the Bills will desperately need a chance to regroup after that gantlet through the holidays.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Adverb
  • Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
  • Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2026
Adverb
  • Thanks to a crazily unlikely accident, the researchers had witnessed a sperm-whale birth and had managed to videotape the entire event.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
  • And still, crazily enough, there are occasional firsts.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Third base coach Hector Borg frantically waved Lee home, and Lee kept his foot on the gas.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • Employees were frantically readying the space to serve its first customers.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
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“Confusedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confusedly. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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