abashedly
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbæʃ.ɪd.li/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbæʃ.ɪd.li/
Adverb
[edit]abashedly (comparative more abashedly, superlative most abashedly)
- In an abashed manner. [from early 19th century.][1]
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner[1], 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[2], 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
[edit]- “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.