Some time in confused state, reportedly (4)
I believe the answer is:
days
'some time' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'confused state reportedly' is the wordplay.
'confused state' becomes 'daze' (I've seen this before).
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'daze' sounds like 'DAYS'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for days that I've seen before include "Twenty four-hour periods" , "Time period(s)" , "Units of time" , "Sun, Mon, Tues, ..." , "Sevenths of a week" .)