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shamefacedly

adv

Etymology

From shamefaced + -ly.

  1. inherited from sċamfæst
  2. inherited from schamefast
  3. suffixed as shamefacedly — “shamefaced + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a shamefaced manner.

    • The offending train ahead proved to be the 9.30 a.m. from Waterloo, which after Southampton checked us again and again until at last we passed it, headed by 4-6-0 No. 30850, Lord Nelson, standing shamefacedly in the loop at Pokesdown.

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