shamefacedly

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adverb

In a shamefaced manner.

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Meanings

adverbshamefacedly (comparative more shamefacedly, superlative most shamefacedly)

comparative more shamefacedly · superlative most shamefacedly

  1. In a shamefaced manner.

    The offending train ahead proved to be the 9.30 a.m. from Waterloo, which after Southampton checked us again and again until at last we passed it, headed by 4-6-0 No. 30850, Lord Nelson, standing shamefacedly in the loop at Pokesdown.

    1958 June 28, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 415-416

Origin

From shamefaced + -ly.

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APA

shamefacedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shamefacedly

MLA

“shamefacedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shamefacedly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shamefacedly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shamefacedly.

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