shamefaced
adjective
modest or bashful.
shamefacedly
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a word derived from
shamefaced.
Example Sentences
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Started by pundits and popularised by the media, the name has stuck, and even the candidates shamefacedly acknowledge the ugly image they've helped create.
From Reuters ● Feb. 3, 2022
Every single time, the person would write back and, if they’d been rude, rather shamefacedly apologize.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2017
On Friday, this happened after about a half-hour, with CNN cutting away to the studio and the anchors shamefacedly acknowledging that they’d been had.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2016
Jamie shamefacedly admitted to Claire earlier in the season that he was a bastard, an admission Claire was unfazed by because even in the 1940s, such situations were losing social stigma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2016
She went into the kitchen and came back after a moment with a small package which she held out to Kit shamefacedly.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
