shamefacedly

English

Etymology

From shamefaced +‎ -ly.

Adverb

shamefacedly (comparative more shamefacedly, superlative most shamefacedly)

  1. In a shamefaced manner.
    • 1958 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 415-416:
      The offending train ahead proved to be the 9.30 a.m. from Waterloo, which after Southampton checked us again and again until at last we passed it, headed by 4-6-0 No. 30850, Lord Nelson, standing shamefacedly in the loop at Pokesdown.
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