shamefacedly

[US]/'ʃeim'feisədli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. with a sense of embarrassment or shame

Phrases & Collocations

looked shamefacedly

apologized shamefacedly

blushed shamefacedly

admitted shamefacedly

Real-world Examples

" I suppose you know what I've come about, " she said, a little shamefacedly.

Source: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

While these things were being said, however, I became shamefacedly aware of a current setting in of its own accord and carrying everything forward to an end of its own.

Source: A room of one's own.

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