shamefullyadv.
/ˈʃeɪmfʊli/ 1. In a manner that causes shame or disgrace; with indignity; disgracefully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adverb]
shamelyc1200
shendfully?c1225
to one's shamec1275
shamefullya1300
despitouslyc1320
foula1325
shondfullyc1330
inhonestly1340
shendshipfully1388
dishonestlyc1430
shamouslyc1440
ignominiously1553
slanderously1563
reproachfully1567
opprobriously1569
ingloriously1576
dishonourably1590
indignly1593
disgracefully1604
despitely1619
vituperiously1632
to a reproacha1715
shaming1970
a1300 Cursor Mundi 28735 Qua mar tas þan he bere might oþere he sal leue it wit-alle or schamfulli þar vnder stand.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 181 His [sc. Samson's] yuo þet him deden grinde ate querne ssamuolliche.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. iii. 138 I shal make thee shamefullich and vileynesliche dye.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) ix. 62 He vas schamefully chaissit furtht of France.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 64 They haue promised great Matters, and failed most shamefully.
1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 401. ¶6 The World has seen me shamefully lose that Time to please a fickle Woman.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 160 The allies whom he had shamefully abandoned were accused of persecuting him without a cause.
1879 R. Morris tr. Blickling Homilies Pref. 8 The leaves have been shamefully clipped, I suppose by the binders.
1884 Manch. Examiner 20 Feb. 4/7 Ordinary license of speech has seldom been more shamefully exceeded.
2. Shamefacedly, modestly, bashfully, ashamedly. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb]
shamefullyc1480
bashfully1552
shamefacedly1620
shyly1701
shrinkingly1817
the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adverb]
shamefastly1382
ashamedlya1600
shamefully1614
shamedly1890
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 106 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 259 Nocht for-þi scho come eftir þame schamfully, & gat in handis cristis fete.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 33 The whiche trybute your sone asked hym shamfully.
c1525 Sir T. More in More Life (1626) 183 You aske monye, deare Megg, too shamefully & fearefully of your father.
1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 40 We borrow (and that not shamefully [Cott. MS. shamfully]) from the Dutch, the Britaine, the Romane [etc.].
1887 H. Caine Deemster III. xxxiv. 84 Shamefully..they told what he had to do, and then his vacant face became suddenly charged with passion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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