flushingly

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adverb

In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment)

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Meanings

adverbflushingly (comparative more flushingly, superlative most flushingly)

comparative more flushingly · superlative most flushingly

  1. In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment)

    No schoolgirl passed their observation-posts more flushingly than did Mrs. Dr. Kennicott. In shame she knew they glanced appraisingly at her snowy overshoes, speculating about her legs.

    1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 243

    Synonyms: blushedly, blushingly, flushedly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment)

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Origin

From flushing + -ly.

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APA

flushingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flushingly

MLA

“flushingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flushingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flushingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flushingly.

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