abashedly

comparative more abashedly · superlative most abashedly

1. In an abashed manner.First known use early 19ᵗʰ century.

   meanwhile, no cash. Finally, Nichan asked me abashedly if perhaps I would lend him a few hundred rubles.

   1956, Langston Hughes, I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey, page 156

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   George, at length, came forward abashedly toward him, and said, — "I have been greatly to blame, Robert, and am very sorry for what I have done.

   1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, page 36

   At the punchline, Moshe snorts in laughter, then abashedly suppresses the smile. Does a self-deprecating sense of humor—a comedic trope owned by the Jews—make the Nazi more human?

   2018 October 8, “The Banality of the Eichmann Trial”, in Tablet Magazine