adverb
- in a confused or bewildered manner; in a dazed state
Usage: archaic or literary; formed from the adjective 'mazed' (bewildered, confused)
Examples
- He stared mazedly at the complex instructions, unable to comprehend them.
- She wandered mazedly through the crowded marketplace, having lost her way.
- The witness spoke mazedly about the accident, still in shock from what she had seen.
- He looked mazedly around the unfamiliar room upon waking.
- The old man moved mazedly through the house, disoriented by the changes made in his absence.