bemused
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- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- deeply absorbed in thought
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- Richard nods, bemused, and asks Alicia about her spring concert schedule. — The Time Traveler's Wife
- Although the American Network (bemused, as usual, by a rating service of highly dubious statistical validity) Has canceled the series, it began to run in Great Britain in mid-June 1969, and the first set of adaptations was published concurrently in London by Corgi Books. — Spock Must Die
- Sam sounded bemused, then said doubtfully, 'Do you mean broken slabs of pink and grey marble?' — Longshot
- The audience looks stunned at first and then somewhat bemused, as if the English band they've come to watch is introducing some strange new art form. — Broken Music, A Memoir
- Clements looked slightly bemused, as if he had stepped out of a plane in mid-air and wasn't sure he could work the ripcord on his parachute. — Autumn Maze
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