| 释义 |
ˈbashfully, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. Without self-possession; with misgiving or dismay. Obs.
1552Huloet, Bashfullye or in amase, attonite. 1675Hobbes Odyssey (1677) 382 He went not to the battle bashfully.
2. In a shy or shamefaced manner; cf. bashful 2.
1552Huloet, Bashfullye or wyth shamefastnes, pudibunde. 1651Davenant Gondib. ii. vi. (R.) Here the check'd Sun his universal face Stops bashfully, and will no entrance make. 1832H. Martineau Ella of Gar. vi. 70 Angus looked down as bashfully as if he had never seen the world. |