bashfully

bash·ful

 (băsh′fəl)
adj.
1. Shy, self-conscious, and awkward in the presence of others: "I never laughed, being bashful. / Lowering my head, I looked at the wall" (Ezra Pound).
2. Characterized by, showing, or resulting from shyness, self-consciousness, or awkwardness: "He had polite bashful manners and a low grownup voice" (John Dos Passos).

[From obsolete bash, to abash, be abashed (from Middle English basshen, variant of abaishen, abasshen; see abash) + -ful.]

bash′ful·ly adv.
bash′ful·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.bashfully - in a shy or timid or bashful mannerbashfully - in a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly"
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Translations
بِخَجَلٍ
ostýchavěskromně
forlegentgenert
scheu
timidement
szemérmesen
feimnislega
timidamente
blygt
mahcup mahcupsıkılarakutanarak
害羞地

bashfully

[ˈbæʃfʊlɪ] ADVtímidamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bashfully

[ˈbæʃfʊli] adv
(= shyly) → timidement
(in an embarrassed way)avec embarras
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bashfully

[ˈbæʃfʊlɪ] advtimidamente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bashful

(ˈbӕʃful) adjective
shy. a bashful girl; a bashful smile.
bashfully adverb
ˈbashfulness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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