单词 | shamefacedly |
释义 | shamefacedly (once / 11714 pages) adv WORD FAMILY shamefaced: shamefacedly, shamefacedness USAGE EXAMPLESOn Friday, this happened after about a half-hour, with CNN cutting away to the studio and the anchors shamefacedly acknowledging that they’d been had. Slate(Sep 16, 2016) She went into the kitchen and came back after a moment with a small package which she held out to Kit shamefacedly. Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond(1958) When he almost shamefacedly confesses he’s a virgin, she scoffs: “You? A sailor?” New York Times(Jul 10, 2016) adv in a shamefaced manner quarrels and dissensions ensued among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly handed over their parts to understudies |
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