adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a confounding manner; perplexingly, amazingly.

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1667.  H. More, Div. Dial., III. xix. (1713), 220. No Phænomenon … has more confoundingly astonished and amazed me.

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1675.  Howe, Living Temple, Wks. (1834), 36. A reason of mighty force, and confoundingly demonstrative.

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1865.  Dickens, Mut. Fr., II. i. Confoundingly perplexing jumble.

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