| In practice, the biographer has to choose not between lively and dull, but more subtly and perplexingly, between candid and glib. |
| Yet, perplexingly, in many cases, imposing sanctions is perceived to be sufficient to address a complex problem. |
| This tacit organisational knowledge is priceless, but often lost because it is so often perplexingly difficult to capture. |
| That evidence, as it now lies before us, is perplexingly various both in content and quality. |
| Cecil rounded one of his perplexingly empty sentences and turned on his heel. |
| Even after months of debate, the statement was vague and perplexingly non-committal on whether war would be justified. |
