abashedly
- adverb
- /əˈbæʃɪdli/
:
avergonzadamente
Examples
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But since then, Max has turned into the angry Jew, the fuck-you-both Jew, not an un-Jew but an anti-Jew, not abashedly assimilated but proudly so, militantly so, assimilated in the name of the Six Million.
Academic text (2012) -
"And finally, the sentimental kind, looking late in life for kindred and community, dreaming of becoming, for the blissfully assimilated children of the still-abashedly assimilated adults, a kind of portable grandfather, a door-to-door link with the past."
Academic text (2012) -
She smiled abashedly when she realized she had forgotten his name.
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He spoke abashedly, unsure if anyone would want to hear his story.
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The child looked down abashedly after being caught drawing on the wall.
Synonyms
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5.1
In a shy, embarrassed way after doing something wrong or silly
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3.5
In a shy, embarrassed way that avoids eye contact
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4.6
In a way that shows someone is shy or awkward
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6.8
In a way that shows you feel shame
In a way that makes someone's face go red because they feel embarrassed or shy
Antonyms
How Embarrassed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abashedly comes from abash, which means 'to embarrass' and is like the common word bashful, meaning 'shy'. The ending -ly makes it an adverb, so abashedly means doing something in a shy or embarrassed way.