adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a confounding manner; perplexingly, amazingly.
1667. H. More, Div. Dial., III. xix. (1713), 220. No Phænomenon has more confoundingly astonished and amazed me.
1675. Howe, Living Temple, Wks. (1834), 36. A reason of mighty force, and confoundingly demonstrative.
1865. Dickens, Mut. Fr., II. i. Confoundingly perplexing jumble.