guiltylike
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Adverb[edit]
guiltylike (comparative more guiltylike, superlative most guiltylike)
- (informal) guiltily
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- No, sure, I cannot think it, / That he would steal away so guiltylike, / Seeing you coming.
- 1851, Paul de Lagarde, Hymns of the Old Catholic Church of England, page 95:
- Guiltylike I wail my case, shame of sin doth sting my face, spare me, god, who beg for grace.
- 1914, Bram Stoker, Greater Love:
- So I stole away, guiltylike, an' went down an' stood beside the sea.
- 1957, Marrijane Hayes, Joseph Hayes, Bon Voyage!, page 42:
- I could tell from the way Katie looked up, sort of guiltylike when I came in, that she and her folks had been talking about Katie's sister, Elsie, who lived in Paris
- 2012, Kate Ross, Cut to the Quick:
- She'd fall into fits of brooding and then jump, guiltylike, when she was roused.
- 2012, Richard Marcinko, John Weisman, Echo Platoon:
- That was when Digger kinda hemmed and hawed and scratched his boot soles on the rough ground, and looked at me all guiltylike because he'd forgotten something, and then displayed the dozen cellular phones he'd stashed in his assault pack.
- 2013, Kathleen Eagle, One Less Lonely Cowboy, page 41:
- Mike glanced away, guiltylike. "I sold her. Lily left, and I just closed all the doors."
- 2013, Chris Lynch, Shadow Boxer, page 89:
- "I'm fine," he said, and nodded like a marionette, but his eyse were shifting back and forth guiltylike.
Adjective[edit]
guiltylike (comparative more guiltylike, superlative most guiltylike)
- Somewhat guilty, or guilty in appearance.
- 2009, Anthony J. Berret, “Huckleberry Finn and American Revivalism”, in Joseph Pearce, Mary R. Reichardt, editor, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: With an Introduction and and Contemporary Criticism, page 332:
- These guiltylike gestures make his story similar to a confession.