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Bemuse vs Bemusingly - What's the difference?

bemuse | bemusingly |

As a verb bemuse

is to confuse or bewilder.

As an adverb bemusingly is

in a manner likely to bemuse.

bemuse

English

Verb

(bemus)
  • To confuse or bewilder.
  • * 1735' A parson much '''be-mus'd in beer. — Alexander Pope, ''Satires of Dr. Donne versified
  • * 1771' [With] fairy tales '''bemused the shepherd lies. — James Foot, ''Penseroso
  • * 1847' The bad metaphysics with which they '''bemuse themselves. — Hugh Miller, ''First Impressions of England and its people
  • (archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses.
  • * 1705' When those incorrigible things, Poets, are once irrecoverably '''Be-mus'd . — Alexander Pope, ''Letters

    • bemusingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a manner likely to bemuse