confusably

English

Etymology

From confusable +‎ -ly.

Adverb

confusably (comparative more confusably, superlative most confusably)

  1. In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
    • 1937, Aaron Clark Bagg, Samuel Atkins Elliot, Birds of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts:
      Yet except for its longer-tailed Western counterpart (well named difficilis), none of them confusably resemble it.
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