flushingly
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]flushingly (comparative more flushingly, superlative most flushingly)
- In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment):
- Synonym: blushingly
- 1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 243:
- No schoolgirl passed their observation-posts more flushingly than did Mrs. Dr. Kennicott. In shame she knew they glanced appraisingly at her snowy overshoes, speculating about her legs.