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confuse | confusably |

As a verb confuse

is to thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.

As an adverb confusably is

in a confusable way; such that they may be confused.

confuse

English

Verb

(confus)
  • To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
  • (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
  • To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
  • To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
  • To mistake one thing for another.

    • Synonyms

    * flummox * mistake * See also

    Related terms

    * confused * confusing * confusion

    See also

    * discombobulate ----

    confusably

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
    • 1937 , Aaron Clark Bagg, Samuel Atkins Elliot, Birds of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts
    Yet except for its longer-tailed Western counterpart (well named difficilis ), none of them confusably resemble it.