perplexingly
In bewildering fashion
In a manner that causes confusion or bewilderment.
Something perplexingly difficult baffles you in ways hard to articulate: The instructions were perplexingly vague.
The word often signals that confusion itself is the notable quality: Perplexingly, she refused the promotion.
In a puzzling manner
- confoundinglyIn a bewildering manner
- mystifyinglyIn confounding manner
- puzzlinglyIn confusing manner
- inexplicablyBeyond rational understanding
unfathomably · incomprehensibly · mind-bogglingly · disconcertingly · disorienting · stupefyingly · flummoxing · befuddling
With complex detail
- abstruselyIn obscure manner
- opaquelyWithout letting light pass
- obscurelyIn unclear fashion
- crypticallyIn hidden meaning
esoterically · tortuously · complicatedly · densely · impenetrably · ambiguously · murkily · unintelligibly
bewilderingly
In a puzzling manner
- confoundinglyIn a bewildering manner
- mystifyinglyIn confounding manner
- puzzlinglyIn confusing manner
inexplicably · unfathomably · incomprehensibly · mind-bogglingly · disconcertingly · disorienting · stupefyingly · flummoxing · befuddling · confusingly
intricately
With complex detail
- abstruselyIn obscure manner
- opaquelyWithout letting light pass
- obscurelyIn unclear fashion
cryptically · esoterically · tortuously · complicatedly · densely · impenetrably · ambiguously · murkily · unintelligibly · indecipherably
perplexinglyclearly
Without ambiguity
straightforwardly · understandably · comprehensibly · intelligibly · lucidly
perplexinglysimply
In plain terms
straightforwardly · uncomplicated · directly · easily · effortlessly
perplexinglypredictably
In an expected manner
unsurprisingly · expectedly · naturally · logically · understandably