muddle-ˈheadedly, adv.
[f. muddle-headed a. + -ly2.]
In a muddle-headed manner, confusedly.
| 1909 G. B. Shaw Pen Portraits (1931) 232 Furtively, hypocritically, and muddle-headedly. 1968 Trans-Action V. viii. 75 The..letters..are simply too muddle-headedly authoritative to let pass. 1973 Esquire May 6 Shortsighted obstructionists, muddleheadedly gumming up the wheels of progress. |