Bashfully

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a shy or timid or bashful manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"[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."

Etymology

From bashful + -ly.

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