Definition of Bashfully

1. Adverb. In a shy or timid or bashful manner. "He smiled shyly"

Exact synonyms: Shyly, Timidly
Partainyms: Bashful, Shy, Timid

Definition of Bashfully

1. adv. In a bashful manner.

Definition of Bashfully

1. Adverb. In a bashful manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bashfully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bashfully

basha
bashaw
bashaws
bashed
bashed the bishop
bashedness
basher
bashers
bashert
basherts
bashes
bashes the bishop
bashful
bashfull
bashfuller
bashfully (current term)
bashfulness
bashfulnesses
bashi-bazouk
bashi-bazouks
bashibazouk
bashibazouks
bashin'
bashing
bashing the bishop
bashings
bashism
bashisms
bashkiria
bashless

Literary usage of Bashfully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Romance of the American Theatre by Mary Caroline Crawford (1913)
"... time in their lives to stand upon one leg, who tottered bashfully and looked as foolish and about as graceful as a plucked goose in the same position. ..."

2. Layamon's Brut, Or Chronicle of Britain: A Poetical Semi-Saxon Paraphrase of by Layamon, Frederic Madden (1847)
"... bashfully, clownishly," as if from a Scandinavian root, and akin to the Scot, blait. This is, however, a mistake, as the sense is here certain from ..."

3. Souls in Khaki: Being a Personal Investigation Into Spiritual Experiences by Arthur Edward Copping (1917)
"... THE TRENCHES Two typical casualties—Invalids bashfully grinning—Their bullet wounds—Comments of the kindly surgeon—What became of the beef-tea—My night ..."

4. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"Again the thread I fastened on, And sat so bashfully and span. ... Though by this praise my heart was won, I «at so bashfully and ..."

5. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English; with Numerous by William Owen Pughe (1832)
"(gwyl) To act bashfully; to weep. ... (gwyl—balch) bashfully proud. ... bashfully proud with the minstrel. ..."

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