embarrassedlyadv.
/ɪmˈbarəstli/, /ɛmˈbarəstli/, /ɪmˈbarəsᵻdli/, /ɛmˈbarəsᵻdli/, U.S. /əmˈbɛrəstli/, /ɛmˈbɛrəstli/, /əmˈbɛrəsədli/, /ɛmˈbɛrəsədli/ In an embarrassed manner; with embarrassment; esp. in a way that shows self-consciousness or awkwardness.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adverb] > awkwardly
ungainfullyc1320
awkwardly1674
embarrassedly1799
difficultly1815
embarrassingly1817
the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adverb] > embarrassedly
constrainedly1656
embarrassedly1799
self-consciously1860
1799 W. Wennington tr. A. H. J. Lafontaine Man of Nature xxix. 256 The company kept looking, embarrassedly, one at the other:—each asked the next him ‘What's all this?—what can the meaning of this be?’
1848 P. H. Myers First of Knickerbockers xiv. 142 Loitering, embarrassedly,..to adjust a fallen vine, Effie's little hand has been taken gently captive, and pressed to burning lips.
1883 B. Harte in Longman's Mag. July 320 She coughed embarrassedly.
1926 Boys' Life Sept. 7/2 Dahl smiled embarrassedly at all the fuss being made over him.
1984 A. Carter Nights at Circus iii. vii. 239 He embarrassedly confessed there'd been no bang nor damage because the dynamite was damp.
2004 P. Southern Craze vi. 47 He'd taken his own clothes off hesitantly, almost embarrassedly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1799