Usually means: In a shy or embarrassed manner.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History Colors (New!)
We found 16 dictionaries that define the word sheepishly:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. sheepishly: Merriam-Webster
  2. sheepishly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sheepishly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sheepishly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Sheepishly, sheepishly: Wordnik
  6. sheepishly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sheepishly: Wiktionary
  8. sheepishly: Dictionary.com
  9. sheepishly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. sheepishly: Rhymezone
  11. sheepishly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. sheepishly: FreeDictionary.org
  13. sheepishly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. sheepishly: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See sheepish as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (sheepishly)

▸ adverb:  In a sheepish way; shyly; meekly; bashfully; self-consciously; with embarrassment.

Similar:
sheepily, embarrassedly, shamefacedly, abashedly, bashfully, meekly, wimpishly, remorsefully, modestly, embarrassingly, more...

Opposite:
boldly, fearlessly, confidently

Types:
abashed, bashful, chagrined, cowed, humiliated, mortified, self-conscious, sheepish, more...

Phrases:
smile sheepishly, to say sheepishly, sheepishly say, opposite of sheepishly, ask sheepishly, more...

Colors:
    blush,     pale pink,     soft peach,     light coral,     pastel yellow, more...

▸ Words similar to sheepishly

▸ Usage examples for sheepishly

▸ Idioms related to sheepishly

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Words that often appear near sheepishly

▸ Rhymes of sheepishly

▸ Invented words related to sheepishly

Similar:
sheepily, embarrassedly, shamefacedly, abashedly, bashfully, meekly, wimpishly, remorsefully, modestly, embarrassingly, more...

Opposite:
boldly, fearlessly, confidently

Types:
abashed, bashful, chagrined, cowed, humiliated, mortified, self-conscious, sheepish, more...

Phrases:
smile sheepishly, to say sheepishly, sheepishly say, opposite of sheepishly, ask sheepishly, speak sheepishly, answered sheepishly, say sheepishly, sheepishly reveal something, says sheepishly, more...

Colors:
    blush,     pale pink,     soft peach,     light coral,     pastel yellow, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "sheepishly" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux