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confusedly

adverb

as in agitatedly

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  1. desperately
  2. uncontrollably
  3. crazily
  4. frantically
Adverb
  • Drury desperately needs them to, having set the stakes with his aggressive moves.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Abandoning the group at a moment when sovereignty over its own reserves is more contested than at any point since the 1970s would surrender political leverage without delivering additional export revenue the country desperately needs.
    — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of desperately
Adverb
  • Alpha 1, who’s most strict about the disease’s suppression, lashes out uncontrollably.
    — Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, wildfires have been blazing uncontrollably, most notably this week in the New Forest in southern England.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of uncontrollably
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  • And when Andreeva hits one of her crazily creative shots and turns to Martínez for praise, she is met with a smile, and maybe some clapping.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Definition of crazily
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  • The roommate approached the Lyft car as the driver frantically tried to drive away, according to the lawsuit.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Upstairs in the club’s offices in Soho, central London, Palace’s hierarchy, recruitment team, secretaries and other staff worked frantically under pressure as the 11pm deadline ticked ever closer.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of frantically
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