a bit vs perplexingly

a bit

adv

  • To a small extent; in a small amount. 

  • Slightly; rather. 

  • Very. 

  • A lot. 

perplexingly

adv

  • In a way or to an extent that is perplexing. 

How often have the words a bit and perplexingly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )