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Bashfully

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bash·ful  (bshfl)
adj.
1. Shy, self-conscious, and awkward in the presence of others. See Synonyms at shy1.
2. Characterized by, showing, or resulting from shyness, self-consciousness, or awkwardness.
[From Middle English basshe, from basshed, past participle of basshen, to be discomfited, probably variant of abaishen; see abash.]
bashful·ly adv.
bashful·ness n.
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Adv.1.bashfully - in a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly"
shyly, timidly


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Rosa obeyed, for the Prince was fixing his eyes upon her, but he had scarcely turned them again to his paper when she bashfully retired to the door.
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To this, Kit only replied by bashfully bidding his mother 'get out,' and forming sundry strange figures with his legs and arms, accompanied by sympathetic contortions of his face.
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He was all ready when an attendant came to escort him to the presence of the Princess; he followed bashfully and was ushered into a room more dainty and attractive than it was splendid.
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