bewilderingly

English

Etymology

bewildering +‎ -ly

Adverb

bewilderingly (comparative more bewilderingly, superlative most bewilderingly)

In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
- 1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 111:
  ‘Yes,’ said Slartibartfast, ‘staggeringly dull. Bewilderingly so. […] ’
- 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 141:
  Believe me, there are few more bewilderingly birdless places than a New England woodland in early fall.

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