bafflingly
In puzzling fashion
Bafflingly describes something done in a way that defies understanding or explanation: The instructions were bafflingly complex.
It often signals the speaker's frustration or bewilderment at something that seems to make no sense: She bafflingly refused the promotion.
Beyond capacity to grasp
- unfathomablyBeyond capacity to understand
- inexplicablyBeyond rational understanding
- bewilderinglyIn a puzzling manner
- confoundinglyIn a bewildering manner
unintelligibly · unexplainably · perplexingly · mystifyingly · puzzlingly · inscrutably · enigmatically · cryptically
With complex detail
- complicatedlyIn complex manner
- tortuouslyIn a twisting way
- obtuselyIn an unperceptive manner
- opaquelyWithout letting light pass
densely · impenetrably · confusingly · knottily · abstrusely · esoterically · technically · inaccessibly
Contradicting apparent logic
- illogicallyContrary to valid reasoning
- counterintuitivelyAgainst natural expectation
- contradictorilyIn self-opposing fashion
- absurdlyIn nonsensical manner
irrationally · unreasonably · nonsensically · incongruously · implausibly · unaccountably · impossibly · surprisingly
incomprehensibly
Beyond capacity to grasp
- unfathomablyBeyond capacity to understand
- inexplicablyBeyond rational understanding
- bewilderinglyIn a puzzling manner
confoundingly · unintelligibly · unexplainably · perplexingly · mystifyingly · puzzlingly · inscrutably · enigmatically · cryptically · obscurely
intricately
With complex detail
- complicatedlyIn complex manner
- tortuouslyIn a twisting way
- obtuselyIn an unperceptive manner
opaquely · densely · impenetrably · confusingly · knottily · abstrusely · esoterically · technically · inaccessibly
paradoxically
Contradicting apparent logic
- illogicallyContrary to valid reasoning
- counterintuitivelyAgainst natural expectation
- contradictorilyIn self-opposing fashion
absurdly · irrationally · unreasonably · nonsensically · incongruously · implausibly · unaccountably · impossibly · surprisingly · unexpectedly
bafflinglyunderstandably
For obvious reasons
clearly · obviously · plainly · transparently · comprehensibly
- baffling windUnpredictable directional airflow