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abashingly

abashingly adverb: in an abashing manner.

Adverb

abashingly (comparative more abashingly, superlative most abashingly)

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

Synonyms of abashingly

Forms of abashingly

comparativemore abashingly
superlativemost abashingly

Origin of abashingly

From abashing + -ly.

Questions about abashingly

What does abashingly mean?
Abashingly means in an abashing manner.
What part of speech is abashingly?
Abashingly is an adverb.

Words near abashingly in the dictionary

  1. abashes
  2. abashest
  3. abasheth
  4. Abashev
  5. abashing
  6. abashingly
  7. abashless
  8. abashlessly
  9. abashment
  10. abashments
  11. abasht

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