These abstruse works are nevertheless worth the effort, giving a unique spin on the quandary of living in an inexplicable world.
He is in a quandary or quite confused.
We have long been in a quandary over a name for the boat.
Investors are in a quandary because no one knows how the stock market will behave this summer.
It's a quandary that I don't have the answer to.
But here again we are caught in a quandary of our own making.
The plot examines the quandary of how to go about finding out who we really are when the rug is pulled from under us.
The discovery helps to clear up a quandary.
We are in a horrible moral quandary.
She is soon thrust into a series of deceptions and a perilous quandary.
British Dictionary definitions for quandary
quandary
/ˈkwɒndrɪ; -dərɪ/
noun (pl) -ries
1.
a situation or circumstance that presents problems difficult to solve; predicament; dilemma
Word Origin
C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Latin quandō when
Word Origin and History for quandary
n.
"state of perplexity," 1570s, of unknown origin, perhaps a quasi-Latinism based on Latin quando "when? at what time?; at the time that, inasmuch," pronomial adverb of time, related to qui "who" (see who). Originally accented on the second syllable.