embarrassedly
1
4.6
- adverb
- /ɪmˈbɛrəsɪdli/
:
con vergüenza
- After making a mistake in front of everyone, she blushed and laughed embarrassedly.
Examples
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Touched by his chivalry, she embarrassedly hands it to baffled Val.
Fiction book (1990) -
I don't think these genres are in any way "less than" (to the lady in one of my classes once who embarrassedly whispered "I write romance novels"), they just don't catch my interest.
Blog text (34) -
The crowd turns to Shorty, sitting embarrassedly in the audience. # MALCOLM #
Fiction book (1992) -
What once we unabashedly revealed, we now embarrassedly conceal.
Academic text (2011) -
She's embarrassedly playing along. # DWAYNE #
Fiction book (1994) -
Ben was almost embarrassedly dismissive of the fact that his daughter had inherited his beauty; part of the quality of that beauty was that he was not aware of it; he was brought to see it only by remarks about the beauty of the baby girl as the image of her father.
Fiction book (1994) -
She smiles embarrassedly.
Fiction book (1998) -
He retreated into his mug, and I ordered another whiskey sour—somewhat embarrassedly, because my part in this game called for something more like a shot and a beer.
Fiction book (1998) -
When she tripped over the carpet, she smiled embarrassedly and quickly stood up.
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He stammered embarrassedly as he tried to explain why he was late to the meeting.
Synonyms
38
2.7
In a clumsy or uncomfortable way, often showing nervousness around other people
15
1.0
Behave in a quiet, nervous way around other people
11
5.1
In a shy, embarrassed way after doing something wrong or silly
10
3.4
In a way that makes people feel guilty or embarrassed
5
6.0
Acting embarrassed because you think people are watching you
3
6.1
In a quiet, modest way that shows shyness
1
3.5
In a shy, embarrassed way that avoids eye contact
1
7.9
In a shy, embarrassed way
1
6.8
In a way that shows you feel shame
1
9.1
Making a quick face of pain or embarrassment
In a way that shows someone is embarrassed
In a way that makes someone's face go red because they feel embarrassed or shy
In a way that shows strong embarrassment or discomfort
In a way that makes people feel embarrassed or uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Embarrassed
Surface Forms
Morphology
embarrassedly = embarrassed (transparent) = embarrass + ed + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'embarrassed' with '-ly', so the meaning is directly recoverable for most learners.
Etymology
Embarrassedly comes from embarrass, made of em- 'in' and bar 'barrier', and it originally meant putting a 'bar' in someone's way. That's why to act embarrassedly is to behave as if you feel blocked, awkward, or stuck in a situation.