CONFUSEDLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

confusedly

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as in agitatedly

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Even more horrifying than death was the thought of lying there, trapped beneath the rubble, listening to my two-year-old son desperately crying for help.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
With the crew desperately trying to hide the extent of the threat from the passengers, the ferry’s second engineer Johnny (Cooke) has to work with the National Cyber Security Centre’s new technical director, Bo (Morgan) to try and fight back.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

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So, in recognition of the country's semiquincentennial, here's a proudly Memphicentric and crazily ambitious if inevitably incomplete list of 250 — count 'em, *250* — Memphis artists and entertainers.

— John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2 Aug. 2026
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

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An influencer who’d been posing in a sports bra and very short shorts sprinted past us in a panic, trailed by some poor guy juggling way too much camera gear and a frantically barking Chihuahua.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
In the moments after the girl was run over by the truck, bystanders could be seen frantically waving their hands and running to help her.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026

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