bashfully

In a bashful manner.

Adverb

  1. In a bashful manner.
    • [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 Asbjø￵rnsen,...
    • 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:

Origin

Etymology tree English bashful Middle English -ly English -ly English bashfully From bashful + -ly.

Forms

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