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Meaning of "perplexingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERPLEXINGLY

perplexingly  [pəˈpleksɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERPLEXINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perplexingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PERPLEXINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of perplexingly in the English dictionary

The definition of perplexingly in the dictionary is in a perplexing manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERPLEXINGLY


bouncingly
ˈbaʊnsɪŋlɪ
coaxingly
ˈkəʊksɪŋlɪ
convincingly
kənˈvɪnsɪŋlɪ
decreasingly
diːˈkriːsɪŋlɪ
depressingly
dɪˈprɛsɪŋlɪ
distressingly
dɪsˈtresɪŋlɪ
embarrassingly
ɪmˈbærəsɪŋlɪ
enticingly
ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋlɪ
glancingly
ˈɡlɑːnsɪŋlɪ
increasingly
ɪnˈkriːsɪŋlɪ
menacingly
ˈmɛnɪsɪŋlɪ
piercingly
ˈpɪəsɪŋlɪ
pressingly
ˈprɛsɪŋlɪ
promisingly
ˈprɒmɪsɪŋlɪ
rejoicingly
rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋlɪ
surpassingly
sɜːˈpɑːsɪŋlɪ
taxingly
ˈtæksɪŋlɪ
unceasingly
ʌnˈsiːsɪŋlɪ
unconvincingly
ˌʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋlɪ
vexingly
ˈvɛksɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERPLEXINGLY

perpetualism
perpetualist
perpetuality
perpetually
perpetuance
perpetuate
perpetuation
perpetuator
perpetuities
perpetuity
perphenazine
Perpignan
perplex
perplexed
perplexedly
perplexedness
perplexer
perplexing
perplexities
perplexity

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERPLEXINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
sparingly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of perplexingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «perplexingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERPLEXINGLY

Find out the translation of perplexingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of perplexingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «perplexingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人困惑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desconcertantemente
570 millions of speakers

English

perplexingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उलझाते हुए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

perplexingly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

загадочно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perplexingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

perplexingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perplexingly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membingungkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

perplexingly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

perplexingly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

perplexingly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perplexingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

perplexingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

perplexingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुदगुदीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

perplexingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sconcertante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

perplexingly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загадково
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perplexingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

perplexingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

perplexingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

perplexingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

perplexingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perplexingly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERPLEXINGLY»

The term «perplexingly» is normally little used and occupies the 132.414 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERPLEXINGLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «perplexingly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «perplexingly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about perplexingly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERPLEXINGLY»

Discover the use of perplexingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perplexingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perplexingly Easy: Selected Correspondence Between William ...
Perplexingly Easy presents selected letters from the correspondence of Hamilton and Tait during the period from November 1858 to October 1859, critically edited by Wilkins.
Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Peter Guthrie Tait, David R. Wilkins, 2005
2
Contemporary British Philosophy: Personal Statements Third ...
Now, of course, reaching Crewe and coming to rest are not 'perplexingly undetectable' bits of travelling or rolling. They are not bits of travelling or rolling; nor are they perplexingly 'undetectable. They can be detected with ease, viz. by ...
Lewis, H D, 2014
3
Italy and the Classical Tradition: Language, Thought and ...
perplexingly: Cupioesseclemens: Laborasvideri doctus:itatritus est Hellenismus, ut Grammatici Latiniregulam constituerint, quamnon intelligunt. Regula vera est, ut semper post huiusmodiinfinita sequatur accusativus; ut cupio dicidoctum. ratio  ...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013
4
Original Christianity: A New Key to Understanding the Gospel ...
perplexingly. given. in. two. separate. languages,13. which. leaves. the. book apparently authored by a figure named “Twin Judas Twin,” or, perhaps, “Double Judas Double.” In the Bible, Didymos Thomas was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles , ...
Peter Novak, 2005
5
The Nature of Goodness
Other works include The Life and Works of George Herbert (1905), The Field of Ethics (1901), and Altruism: Its Nature and Varieties (1919).
George Herbert Palmer, 2006
6
Domestic Residence in Switzerland;
perplexingly disappeared altogether, he heard a snarling sort of cry, between a howl and a bark, which seemed to come from the opposite side of a torrent, at a little distance ; and connecting this ominous sound with the preceding evening's ...
Elizabeth Strutt, 1842
7
The Concept of Mind
They do not stand for perplexingly undetectable actions or reactions, any more than 'win' stands for a perplexingly undetectable bit of running, or 'unlock' for an unreported bit of key-tuming. The reason why I cannot catch myself seeing or ...
Gilbert Ryle, 2012
8
Red Sun and Merlin Unchained
By contrast, his women I have always heard from the beginning, and perplexingly to me at first, as Northern Irish. (They come, I think, from strong feminine family presences in my own past.) Alongside Merlin's 'Welsh', his wife's and the widow's  ...
David Rudkin, 2011
9
Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity
I like that the word “form” is italicized for no particular reason, I like the Huxleyan metaphor of “daily dosage,” and I love the confusion implicit in “perplexingly strong,” but what does the rest of it mean—“time-series protocol”? “lateral head ...
David Shields, 2003
10
Wittgenstein and the Theory of Perception
My seeing of the hawk seems to be a queerly transparent sort ofprocess . . . But the mystery dissolves when we realize that 'see', 'descry' and 'find' are not process words, experience words or activity words. They do not stand for perplexingly ...
Justin Good, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERPLEXINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perplexingly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Court Theatre's The Ladykillers full of slapstick and dark humour
... starring Alec Guinness and a young Peter Sellers, but also the perplexingly pointless 2004 Coen Brothers remake, starring Tom Hanks. «The Press, Jul 15»
2
See the perplexing new music video for Pharrell Williams - 'Freedom'
the song begins, perplexingly. From there he personifies Freedom as all of us, or something, then asks: “Mind use your power / Spirit use your ... «For The Win, Jul 15»
3
West Cork: Finding the Beara necessities of life
Out through ceiling-height bedroom windows in our chalet, layers stack up perplexingly like a Scully painting - treetop, water, cloud, land, more ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
4
The pairing paradox
Chi Ni—the name is still perplexingly borderline politically incorrect for me—is inspired by Kai, Bernard Yeoh's Michelin-starred London eatery. «Financial Express, Jul 15»
5
Listening to Ta-Nehisi Coates Whilst Snuggled Deep Within My …
There is a foreign, sensuous animality to your memoir—mingled, perplexingly, with utter disempowerment. Outside “the club,” a historic ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»
6
The Emmy nominations are as confusing as ever: Parsing the hard …
... this year for her work on the perennially overlooked “Getting On.” And “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” practically swept—aside, perplexingly, ... «Salon, Jul 15»
7
How To Get Your PledgeMusic Campaign On Apple Music
Perplexingly, you cannot post to Connect from this page. Instead, we must now move to an iOS device -- an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch -- to ... «hypebot.com, Jul 15»
8
Media picks MU to finish 3rd in the East
Somewhat perplexingly, though, the media picked Auburn to win the conference. Auburn got 108 first-place votes in the West compared to ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Denis Leary's “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” is sad & dated & raunchy …
She's mostly a walking plot device, one who brazenly flirts with Johnny's frenemy Flash (the perplexingly cast John Corbett). Still, if the show ... «Salon, Jul 15»
10
The Clinch: EFC 41 & EFC 42 - Breaking bones & Breaking news
As a former Air Force officer, Doyle should have experience in dealing with an airborne arsenal such as Pena's, but perplexingly seemed ... «eNCA, Jul 15»

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