All 3 Uses
bemused
in
The Remains of the Day
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- I could not see, then, how I might press on with this bantering; in fact, I decided it best to call a halt to the matter and, pretending to remember something I had urgently to attend to, excused myself, leaving my employer looking rather bemused.†
Chpt Prol. *
- But then noticing the mirthful expression on my face, they broke into a laugh, though in a somewhat bemused fashion.†
Chpt 3m -
- The doctor nodded, but looked a little bemused.†
Chpt 4a -
Definitions:
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(1)
(bemused) puzzled or amused
or (less commonly): interested, engrossed or intrigued - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)