Bashfully

['bæʃfuli]

(adv.) In a bashful manner.

Editor: Vanessa

Well, you see, sir, said Dick bashfully, it was like this, sir. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Arabella looked bashfully at her lord and master, who replied, 'Only three days. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Forty-five, murmured the lady bashfully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
It was in the state of my own feelings, I added bashfully: to clench the explanation. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Yes,' replied Mrs. Corney, bashfully. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Editor: Vanessa