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单词 bashfully
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bashfullyadv.

Etymology: < bashful adj. + -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbashfully.
1. Without self-possession; with misgiving or dismay. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [adverb]
bashfully1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bashfullye or in amase, attonite.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xxiv. 382 He went not to the Battle bashfully.
2. In a shy or shamefaced manner; cf. bashful adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb]
shamefullyc1480
bashfully1552
shamefacedly1620
shyly1701
shrinkingly1817
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bashfullye or wyth shamefastnes, pudibunde.
1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. vi. (R.) Here the check'd Sun his universal face Stops bashfully, and will no entrance make.
1832 H. Martineau Ella of Garveloch vi. 70 Angus looked down as bashfully as if he had never seen the world.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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