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self-consciously

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self-con·scious (slfknshs)
adj.
1. Aware of oneself as an individual or of one's own being, actions, or thoughts.
2. Socially ill at ease: The self-conscious teenager sat alone during lunch.
3. Excessively conscious of one's appearance or manner: The self-conscious actor kept fixing his hair.
4. Showing the effects of self-consciousness; stilted: self-conscious prose.
self-conscious·ly adv.
self-conscious·ness n.
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Adv.1.self-consciously - in an uncomfortably self-conscious manner; "the little girl self-consciously recited the poem"
unselfconsciously - in a comfortable unselfconscious manner; "they were naked, unshy, and unselfconsciously beautiful"
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Porthos looked over his shoulder very self-consciously, and the rabbit at first slowly and then in a flash withdrew.
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Peter tried hard not to look too self-consciously delighted.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
said I, self-consciously, for I began to see that this was what he did mean.
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