Word.ws English Dictionary

flushingly

flushingly adverb: in a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment).

Adverb

flushingly (comparative more flushingly, superlative most flushingly)

  1. In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment)
    • No schoolgirl passed their observation-posts more flushingly than did Mrs. Dr. Kennicott. In shame she knew they glanced appraisingly at her snowy overshoes, speculating about her legs.1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 243

Synonyms of flushingly

Forms of flushingly

comparativemore flushingly
superlativemost flushingly

Origin of flushingly

From flushing + -ly.

Questions about flushingly

What does flushingly mean?
Flushingly means in a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment).
What part of speech is flushingly?
Flushingly is an adverb.

Words near flushingly in the dictionary

  1. flushing out
  2. flushing time
  3. flushing times
  4. flushing toilet
  5. flushing toilets
  6. flushingly
  7. flushings
  8. flushless
  9. flushness
  10. flushnesses
  11. flushometer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: flushingly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “flushingly.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/flushingly. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.