1. in a way that causes confusion or bewilderment; confusingly

Examples

• The instructions were perplexingly written, making it hard to assemble the furniture.
• She spoke perplexingly about her reasons for leaving the job.
• The results of the experiment were perplexingly inconsistent with our hypothesis.
• He smiled perplexingly, as if he knew something we didn't.
• The plot of the film was perplexingly complex for such a short movie.
• The witness's testimony was perplexingly contradictory to what she had said before.