shamefast
adjective
shamefastness
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a word derived from
shamefast.
Example Sentences
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The modest mirth that she doth use Is mix'd with shamefastness; All vice she doth wholly refuse, And hateth idleness.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Her cheeks crimsoned with maiden shamefastness, but the blue eyes met mine without a hint of maiden fear, and for that thanks as well as reverence filled my heart as I bowed to her.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
Blanche hid her face on Ethel's arm, when they were in the carriage, and almost cried with indignant "shamefastness."
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The modest mirth that she doth use Is mixed with shamefastness; All vice she doth wholly refuse, And hateth idleness.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
And I will meet there never more with thee, Thou idle shamefastness.
From The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). by Francis Beaumont
