confusedly

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Confusedly, belatedly, he is searching for something very like his soul.

From Time Magazine Archive

Confusedly he saw Julia try to force herself toward him; saw her half come, heard his name on her lips.

From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

Confusedly Blaine presented the captain and Brodno, the latter grinning amusedly.

From Our Pilots in the Air by Brown, William Perry

Which as a subtle vapour spreads itself Confusedly through every sensive part, Till not a thought or motion in the mind Be free from the black poison of suspect.

From Every Man in His Humor by Jonson, Ben

Far in the close recesses of the dome, Pensive she plied the melancholy loom; A growing work employ'd her secret hours, Confusedly gay with intermingled flowers.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander