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Meanings of fairly puzzled in English

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Usage of fairly puzzled in English
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For a second or two Sarrasin was fairly puzzled what to do.
The Dictator
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And my mother said, 'The Old Owl knows;' for she was fairly puzzled.
The Brownies and Other Tales
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There, in the dim light of the low-roofed passage, Mother Holf was fairly puzzled.
Rupert of Hentzau: From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim / Se...
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Fix, fairly puzzled, descended to his cabin and gave himself up to his reflections.
Around the World in Eighty Days
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The wood-path led out upon a clearing, after a while: here I was fairly puzzled.
Border and Bastille
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Here for a few minutes they were fairly puzzled.
Ernest Bracebridge: School Days
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But I was fairly puzzled at the time.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
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The police were fairly puzzled by that case.
The Cabman's Story / The Mysteries of a London 'Growler'
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I was fairly puzzled by it all.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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So clear, so decisive, so ready, was Somers with this testimony, that the board looked fairly puzzled.
Stories by English Authors: England
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He was fairly puzzled, and altogether wanting in that energy and decision so necessary for success in war.
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation. V...
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They went on for some distance; and then I saw from their gestures that they were fairly puzzled.
Afar in the Forest
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By this I was fairly puzzled.
The Enormous Room
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De Pean was fairly puzzled by her caprices: he could not fathom, but he dared not oppose them.
The Golden Dog
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Fix was fairly puzzled.
Around the World in Eighty Days
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We were fairly puzzled.
Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
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