abashingly

English

Etymology

abashing +‎ -ly

Adverb

abashingly (comparative more abashingly, superlative most abashingly)

  1. In an abashing manner.
    Synonyms: bewilderingly, disconcertingly, embarrassingly
    • 1913, Henry Sydnor Harrison, chapter 28, in V.V.’s Eyes‎, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 396:
      Considering that all this was her father’s, she felt abashingly out of place, most intrusive;
    • 1994, Janet Malcolm, The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes‎, New York: Knopf, Part 2, Chapter 5, p. 109:
      The letters were abashingly real. They brought the story […] back to its emotional source.
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