bafflingly
bafflingly — adverb
1. used to describe an action, event, or quality that is so strange or confusing th
used to describe an action, event, or quality that is so strange or confusing that you cannot make sense of it or explain why it is that way
The front door was bafflingly locked from the inside, though nobody was in the room.
bafflingly + past participle: describes an action that makes no sense
Apinya found the exam answer key bafflingly full of mistakes that contradicted the textbook.
The mayor gave a bafflingly vague response to a question about the school budget crisis.
After the heavy rain season the reservoir was bafflingly almost empty of water.
- perplexingly
more formal, especially of puzzles or intellectual questions
- inexplicably
emphasises that no explanation exists, not just that it is confusing
- confusingly
less strong; describes something that makes you lose clarity rather than completely stumps you
文法句型
bafflingly + adjective
bafflingly + verb
用法筆記
Commonly placed immediately before the adjective or past participle it modifies, though it can also precede the main verb in a clause.
常見錯誤
bafflingly — adjective
- bafflinglypositive
- more bafflinglycomparative
- most bafflinglysuperlative
1. so unclear, strange, or complicated that you cannot understand it or explain how
so unclear, strange, or complicated that you cannot understand it or explain how it works
The instructions for Jabari's new phone were so baffling that he called the company for help.
so baffling that + clause: common pattern for expressing result
Scientists found the earthquake data baffling because it did not match any known geological pattern.
The professor gave a baffling explanation of the theorem that left most students confused.
It was baffling to the firefighters how a single candle started such a huge fire.
- puzzling
less intense; something that makes you think hard but is not necessarily impossible to understand
- bewildering
a stronger emotional sense — makes you feel lost or overwhelmed
- perplexing
more formal; focuses on the intellectual challenge of the problem
- clear
easy to understand
- straightforward
simple and uncomplicated
用法筆記
Used to describe things (situations, problems, behaviour, data) rather than people. To describe a person's state, use 'baffled' instead.