shamefacedlyadv.
/ˈʃeɪmfeɪstli/ In a shamefaced manner, modestly, bashfully.
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the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb]
shamefullyc1480
bashfully1552
shamefacedly1620
shyly1701
shrinkingly1817
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xlix. 327 She, with her eyes fixt vpon the earth, most shamefac'dly answered [etc.].
1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys iii. 31 He had shamefacedly essayed it.
1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette I. i. 16 ‘Oh, yes’, says the boy, shamefacedly, ‘that's all right!’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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