He looked at his professor perplexedly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a perplexed state of mind. From Dictionary.com.
Dutchman, looking perplexedly for a barber's shop. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
"I kain't seem to remember," he said, perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
Mae looked at one, then at the other, perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [Mae Madden] Reference
Mr. Denton paused and rubbed his brow perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store] Reference
"That's what floors me," she responded perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Selina shook her head again, perplexedly this time. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
And the young man mused perplexedly as he walked on. From Wordnik.com. [Drolls From Shadowland] Reference
He drummed perplexedly on the desk with his fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XVII] Reference
MacLeod rubbed at the back of his neck, perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [Antiquarian Weird Tales: A DAMSEL WITH A DULCIMER By MALCOLM FERGUSON] Reference
In answer to Plutina, Zeke shook his head perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
"With good insulation --" began Matthews, perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. ["The Morons" by Harl Vincent, part 4] Reference
Hovan looked perplexedly at the man walking beside him. From Wordnik.com. [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference
Long-Beard counted long and perplexedly on his fingers. From Wordnik.com. [THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG] Reference
The class stared perplexedly at her, then at each other. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]
The minister ran his fingers through his hair, perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
He allowed a blink, but kept his head up, perplexedly dignified. From Wordnik.com. [Wipe Your Feet at the Door of Sex] Reference
Pipes scratches his head perplexedly, and smokes in anxious puffs. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
I answered, but, after scanning me perplexedly, he shook his head. From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
Mrs. Stuart gazed perplexedly at her little daughter, then laughed. From Wordnik.com. [Odd] Reference
Coach Little shook his head perplexedly and handed him back the paper. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
The inspector raised his shoulders perplexedly, and his brother smiled. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
"Vacation ain't agreed with her, nuther," pondered Amarilly perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Bobrov laughed perplexedly, but his small eyes bored into Foma as gimlets. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Afraid] Reference
Looking perplexedly at the disorder in the room, the mother whispered sadly. From Wordnik.com. [Mother] Reference
"And yet I'm sure that I got all the words down right," said Bob perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery] Reference
The prisoner wriggled perplexedly, and then grinned propitiatingly as he said. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
For a moment he stared at it perplexedly, for there was no stamp or cancellation. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
Natasha looked at her rather perplexedly, and her fixed serious glance hurt the mother. From Wordnik.com. [Mother] Reference
One hand upon the open door, Birnier stroked his shaven chin perplexedly with the other. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
But a new complexion was put upon the matter when to the perplexedly uncondemnatory bench. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
The question reiterated itself in my mind, as I stood gazing perplexedly at the phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [Zarlah the Martian] Reference
The boy shook his head half sadly, half perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop's Shadow] Reference
"Hm-m, maybe not," murmured Perry Larson perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [Just David] Reference
As I left my utterance there, she frowned perplexedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series] Reference
It was Miss Lombard's turn to look perplexedly at Wyant. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1] Reference
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