mystifyingly

English

From mystifying +‎ -ly.

mystifyingly (comparative more mystifyingly, superlative most mystifyingly)

In a way that mystifies.
- 2009 January 23, Kenneth Johnson, “Aesthetic Withdrawal in the Quest for Ideas”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  A wall label mystifyingly explains that it represents “a single silver particle from a vintage gelatin silver photographic print of ‘Reclining Figure No. 4, 1955’ by Henry Moore” enlarged 300,000 times.
- 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC‎^[2]:
  Capello mystifyingly left Ashley Young out despite a match-winning display in the Euro 2012 qualifier win in Wales in March and he only underlined the folly of the decision by emerging as substitute at half-time and striking a fine equaliser six minutes after coming on.