confoundingly
In baffling fashion
Confoundingly means in a way that puzzles or baffles: The results were confoundingly inconsistent.
It often carries a note of frustration—something is confoundingly complex when its difficulty seems almost willful.
Confoundingly, the simplest approach worked best.
In puzzling manner
- inscrutablyBeyond comprehension or reading
- crypticallyIn hidden meaning
- obscurelyIn unclear fashion
- opaquelyWithout letting light pass
impenetrably · inexplicably · unfathomably · elusively · uncannily · strangely · oddly · peculiarly
In confusing manner
- perplexinglyIn a confusing way
- puzzlinglyIn confusing manner
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
- flummoxingUtterly perplexing someone
disconcertingly · unsettlingly · stupefyingly · flabbergastingly · startlingly · jarringly · unnervingly · discombobulating
With complex detail
- elaboratelyWith great detail
- tortuouslyIn a twisting way
- knottilyIn a complex way
- denselyIn concentrated manner
complicatedly · impenetrably · inextricably · unfathomably · dauntingly · overwhelmingly · impossibly · maddeningly
enigmatically
In puzzling manner
- inscrutablyBeyond comprehension or reading
- crypticallyIn hidden meaning
- obscurelyIn unclear fashion
opaquely · impenetrably · inexplicably · unfathomably · elusively · uncannily · strangely · oddly · peculiarly · curiously
bafflingly
In confusing manner
- perplexinglyIn a confusing way
- puzzlinglyIn confusing manner
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
flummoxing · disconcertingly · unsettlingly · stupefyingly · flabbergastingly · startlingly · jarringly · unnervingly · discombobulating · disquietingly
intricately
With complex detail
- elaboratelyWith great detail
- tortuouslyIn a twisting way
- knottilyIn a complex way
densely · complicatedly · impenetrably · inextricably · unfathomably · dauntingly · overwhelmingly · impossibly · maddeningly · frustratingly
confoundinglyclearly
Without ambiguity
understandably · lucidly · plainly · comprehensibly · transparently
confoundinglysimply
In plain terms
straightforwardly · uncomplicated · cleanly · neatly · tidily
confoundinglypredictably
In an expected manner
unsurprisingly · easily · expectedly · effortlessly · intuitively
- confounding variableUnmeasured cause affecting outcomes