abashedly

English

Etymology

abashed +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbæʃ.ɪd.li/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbæʃ.ɪd.li/

Adverb

abashedly (comparative more abashedly, superlative most abashedly)

In an abashed manner. [from early 19^th century.][1]
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner‎, page 36:
  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.
- 1956, Langston Hughes, I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey‎, page 156:
  meanwhile, no cash. Finally, Nichan asked me abashedly if perhaps I would lend him a few hundred rubles.
- 2018 October 8, “The Banality of the Eichmann Trial”, in Tablet Magazine:
  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?

References

“abashedly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“abashedly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abashedly”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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