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puzzlingly

UK
/ˈpʌzlɪŋli/
US
/ˈpʌzlɪŋli/

Translations

puzzlinglyadverb
UK
/ˈpʌzlɪŋli/
US
/ˈpʌzlɪŋli/
de manière déroutante
The instructions were puzzlingly vague, leaving everyone unsure of what to do next.
Les instructions étaient de manière déroutante vagues, laissant tout le monde dans l’incertitude quant à la suite à donner.
Additional translations
de façon inexplicableS’emploie surtout comme adverbe de phrase pour introduire un fait surprenant ou difficile à expliquer.
Synonyms
confusingly
perplexingly
bafflingly
enigmatically
mysteriously

Definitions

puzzlinglyadverb
In a manner that causes confusion or is difficult to understand.
The instructions were puzzlingly vague, leaving everyone unsure of what to do next.
Used as a sentence adverb to introduce an action or situation that is surprising or inexplicable.
Puzzlingly, the results contradicted the initial hypothesis.
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