Sheepishly
['ʃipɪʃli]
Definition
(adv.) in a sheepish manner; 'sheepishly he handed her back the money'.
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Examples
- Zoe and Dick came back armed with flowers, and Dick grinned somewhat sheepishly as he saw Maurice smile. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He was not vigorous enough in evil to be actively malignant--he merely passed by sheepishly with a rated, scowling look. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tarzan would grin sheepishly and pick up his knife and fork again, but at heart he hated them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Will began sheepishly, with his eyes and his fingers fidgeting on the back of a chair; but he grew in height, and in consequence, as he went on. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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