bashfully en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English bashful Middle English -ly English -ly English bashfully From bashful + -ly.
Meanings
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In a bashful manner.
The morning of the wedding he bounded up my stair, most tremendously shaved and brushed, stood upon my doormat bashfully hesitant.
1944, Emily Carr, “Bachelors”, in The House of All Sorts:[T]he thrush sang his mocking songs and libellous ditties about everybody, but became occasionally a little sentimental and warbled gently and bashfully some tender stanzas.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 89:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more bashfully | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most bashfully | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
cs stydlivě (in a bashful manner) · fi häveliäästi (in a bashful manner)