(bashfully)
1Bashfully — Bash ful*ly, adv. In a bashful manner. [1913 Webster] …
2bashfully — bashful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ shy and easily embarrassed. DERIVATIVES bashfully adverb bashfulness noun. ORIGIN from obsolete bash «make or become abashed» …
3bashfully — adverb see bashful …
4bashfully — See bashful. * * * …
5bashfully — adverb In a bashful manner …
6bashfully — adv. shyly, timidly …
7bashfully — bash·ful·ly …
8bashfully — See: bashful …
9bashfully — adverb in a shy or timid or bashful manner he smiled shyly • Syn: ↑shyly, ↑timidly • Derived from adjective: ↑bashful, ↑timid (for: ↑timidly), ↑ …
10bashful — bashfully, adv. bashfulness, n. /bash feuhl/, adj. 1. uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid. 2. indicative of, accompanied by, or proceeding from bashfulness. [1540 50; (A)BASH + FUL] Syn. 1. abashed, modest. See shy1. Ant …
