All 5 Uses of
perplex
in
My Antonia
- When we got up to go, Peter looked about in perplexity for something that would entertain us.†
Book 1
- Grandmother looked about in perplexity.†
Book 1
- He seemed to find this case very perplexing,
Book 1 *perplexing = confusing due to complexity
- He seemed so perplexed that I thought perhaps he hadn't enough money, after all.†
Book 2
- Her Armand was disproportionately young and slight, a handsome youth, perplexed in the extreme.†
Book 3
Definition:
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(perplex) to confuse