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Shamefacedly

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a shamefaced manner.

    "The offending train ahead proved to be the 9.30 a.m. from Waterloo, which after Southampton checked us again and again until at last we passed it, headed by 4-6-0 No. 30850, Lord Nelson, standing shamefacedly in the loop at Pokesdown."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a shamefaced manner wordnet

Etymology

From shamefaced + -ly.

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