shamefacedly
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7.9
- adverb
- /ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪsɪdli/
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con vergüenza
- But to answer your concern, let me make this very clear: Michael B. was banned; he did not "shamefacedly" withdraw; he has not seen the "error of his ways."
- says shamefacedly
Examples
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Seeing Edmund's glance and reading his thoughts, I smile shamefacedly.
Fiction book (1991) -
She shamefacedly apologized for her mistake in front of the whole class.
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"I turned him loose, and he had the grace to thank me, shamefacedly.
Fiction book (2001) -
"I'm the closest to a relative she's got," she said, shamefacedly.
Fiction book (1994) -
"'Mornin', Miz Chesterton," he said, shamefacedly.
Fiction book (2002) -
Riley gave the bartender a pleading look, and the bartender shamefacedly turned to polish a spotless bottle.
Fiction book (1997) -
But we bothered him a lot after I was loudly booted out of Ubisoft headquarters in Montreal and shamefacedly back to the Rockies.
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"You ought to know," he said somewhat sullenly, somewhat shamefacedly, "that when you're half-bred especially, family becomes important, because so many babies of mixed parentage are children of... of?"
Fiction book (1990) -
Shamefacedly, he took possession of the offending article and stood next to Chemelovic as Ibrahim, the team leader, berated them both for sloppy security.
Fiction book (1996) -
Because of the earthquake, they say; but latterly these have almost entirely ceased to occur, as if the land had grown to realize that civilization would not tolerate such impulsive ways and had gradually abandoned them shamefacedly as being in extremely bad taste.
Blog text (22)
Synonyms
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5.1
In a shy, embarrassed way after doing something wrong or silly
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3.4
In a way that makes people feel guilty or embarrassed
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6.0
Acting embarrassed because you think people are watching you
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3.5
In a shy, embarrassed way that avoids eye contact
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6.8
In a way that shows you feel shame
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4.6
In a way that shows someone is shy or awkward
In a way that shows someone is embarrassed
In a way that makes someone's face go red because they feel embarrassed or shy
Antonyms
How Embarrassed
Surface Forms
Morphology
shamefacedly = shamefaced (transparent) = shame + face + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'shamefaced', producing a predictable adverbial meaning.
Etymology
Shamefacedly comes from the parts shame ('feeling bad or embarrassed') and face ('the front of the head') plus the ending -ly, so it literally means 'with a face that shows shame'. That's why to act shamefacedly is to show embarrassment.