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Ashamedly

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a·shamed  (-shmd)
adj.
1. Feeling shame or guilt: Are you ashamed for having lied?
2. Feeling inferior, inadequate, or embarrassed: ashamed of my torn coat.
3. Reluctant through fear of humiliation or shame: ashamed to ask for help.

[Middle English, from Old English sceamod, past participle of sceamian, to feel shame : -, intensive pref. + sceamian, to feel shame.]

a·shamed·ly (-shmd-l) adv.
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Adv.1.ashamedly - with a feeling of shame
barefacedly, shamelessly, unashamedly - without shame; "he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it"


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