bashfully

English

Etymology

bashful +‎ -ly

Adverb

bashfully (comparative more bashfully, superlative most bashfully)

1. In a bashful manner.
   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Bachelors," [1]

     The morning of the wedding he bounded up my stair, most tremendously shaved and brushed, stood upon my doormat bashfully hesitant.

Translations

in a bashful manner

• Czech: stydlivě
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• Finnish: häveliäästi (fi)