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sheepishly

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sheep·ish  (shpsh)
adj.
1. Embarrassed, as by consciousness of a fault: a sheepish grin.
2. Meek or stupid.
sheepish·ly adv.
sheepish·ness n.
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Adv.1.sheepishly - in a sheepish manner; "sheepishly he handed her back the money"
Translations
sheepishly [ˈʃiːpɪʃlɪ] ADV → avergonzadamente
sheepishly [ˈʃiːpɪʃli] adv [grin, smile] → d'un air penaud
sheepishly
adv → verlegen
sheepishly [ˈʃiːpɪʃlɪ] adv (look, smile) → in modo imbarazzato, con aria mortificata
sheepishly [ˈʃiːpɪʃlɪ] adv (look, smile) → in modo imbarazzato, con aria mortificata


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Yes, here were a set of sea-dogs, many of whom without the slightest bashfulness had boarded great whales on the high seas --entire strangers to them --and duelled them dead without winking; and yet, here they sat at a social breakfast table --all of the same calling, all of kindred tastes --looking round as sheepishly at each other as though they had never been out of sight of some sheepfold among the Green Mountains.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
First one and then another pair of eyes followed the minister's, and then almost with one impulse the congregation rose and stared while the three dead boys came marching up the aisle, Tom in the lead, Joe next, and Huck, a ruin of drooping rags, sneaking sheepishly in the rear
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
The man whom he called Morgan--an old, grey-haired, mahogany-faced sailor--came forward pretty sheepishly, rolling his quid.
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