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bashfulnesses

bashfulnesses is the plural of bashfulness.

Meaning of bashfulness

Noun

bashfulness (usually uncountable, plural bashfulnesses)

  1. (usually) The quality or property of being bashful
    • I, smiling in his face, took the letter, and immediately catching gently hold of his shirt sleeve, drew him towards me, blushing, and almost trembling; for surely his extreme bashfulness, and utter inexperience, call'd for, at least, all the advances to encourage him1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC

Questions about bashfulnesses

What is bashfulnesses the plural of?
Bashfulnesses is the plural of bashfulness.

Words near bashfulnesses in the dictionary

  1. bashfull
  2. bashfuller
  3. bashfullest
  4. bashfully
  5. bashfulness
  6. bashfulnesses
  7. Bashi Channel
  8. bashi-bazouk
  9. bashi-bazoukery
  10. bashi-bazouks
  11. bashibazouk

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