Usually means: Embarrassed or ashamed, showing discomfort.
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  1. shamefacedly: Merriam-Webster
  2. shamefacedly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shamefacedly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shamefacedly: Vocabulary.com
  5. shamefacedly: Wordnik
  6. shamefacedly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. shamefacedly: Wiktionary
  8. shamefacedly: Dictionary.com
  9. shamefacedly: Rhymezone
  10. shamefacedly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. shamefacedly: FreeDictionary.org
  12. shamefacedly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. shamefacedly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  In a shamefaced manner.

Similar:
abashedly, embarrassedly, shamefully, shamedly, ashamedly, unshamefully, blamefully, mortifiedly, chastenedly, sheepishly, more...

Opposite:
boldly, confidently, proudly, unashamedly

Types:
sheepishly, bashfully, timidly, coyly, more...

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Similar:
abashedly, embarrassedly, shamefully, shamedly, ashamedly, unshamefully, blamefully, mortifiedly, chastenedly, sheepishly, more...

Opposite:
boldly, confidently, proudly, unashamedly

Types:
sheepishly, bashfully, timidly, coyly, more...



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