abashingly

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English

Etymology

From abashing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

abashingly (comparative more abashingly, superlative most abashingly)

  1. In an abashing manner.
    Synonyms: bewilderingly, disconcertingly, embarrassingly
    • 1913, Henry Sydnor Harrison, chapter 28, in V.V.’s Eyes, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 396:
      Considering that all this was her father’s, she felt abashingly out of place, most intrusive;
    • 1994, Janet Malcolm, The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes, New York: Knopf, Part 2, Chapter 5, p. 109:
      The letters were abashingly real. They brought the story [] back to its emotional source.