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Definition of Shamefacedly
1. Adverb. In a shamefaced manner. "Quarrels and dissensions ensued among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly handed over their parts to understudies"
Definition of Shamefacedly
1. Adverb. In a shamefaced manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shamefacedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shamefacedly
Literary usage of Shamefacedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare by George Madden Martin (1916)
"And so, sitting down shamefacedly, she gathered Will up again and called him
goose and little chuck, as if he and not she had been the one to jump and cry ..."
2. A Zionist Primer: Essays by Various Writers edited by Sundel Doniger (1917)
"It is particularly the Zionist who consistently and persistently refuses to gloss
over the fact of his being a Jew. Instead of shamefacedly keeping ..."
3. Ethical Addresses (1902)
"If the act is withdrawn from view, performed almost shamefacedly, the spirit is
fine. I have used the word "shamefacedly;" and this leads me to suggest ..."
4. The Red Badge of Courage and Four Stories by Stephen Crane (1997)
"... laughed together shamefacedly and low. “Next corner, dear,” he said finally.
They put forth the efforts of a pair walking bowed against a strong wind. ..."
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