abashingly

English

Etymology

From 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^[1], 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^[2], New York: Knopf, Part 2, Chapter 5, p. 109:

     The letters were abashingly real. They brought the story […] back to its emotional source.