What does bashfully mean?
Bashfully means In a bashful manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a bashful manner..
[T]he thrush sang his mocking songs and libellous ditties about everybody, but became occasionally a little sentimental and warbled gently and bashfully some tender stanzas.
The morning of the wedding he bounded up my stair, most tremendously shaved and brushed, stood upon my doormat bashfully hesitant.
Use bashfully when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bashfully means In a bashful manner..
Common synonyms include timidly, shyly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[T]he thrush sang his mocking songs and libellous ditties about everybody, but became occasionally a little sentimental and warbled gently and bashfully some tender stanzas.
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