See confusedly on Wiktionary
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"roman": "bestolkóvo",
"sense": "in a confused manner",
"word": "бестолко́во"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smuščónno",
"sense": "in a confused manner",
"word": "смущённо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in a confused manner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "не̏сувисло"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in a confused manner",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "збу̑њено"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in a confused manner",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nȅsuvislo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in a confused manner",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zbȗnjeno"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a confused manner",
"word": "confusamente"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mûua",
"sense": "in a confused manner",
"word": "มั่ว"
}
],
"word": "confusedly"
}
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