sheepishlyadv.

/ˈʃiːpɪʃli/

Etymology: -ly suffix².

In a sheepish manner; †like sheep; †meekly, timorously, or submissively to an excessive degree; with a bashful or embarrassed look or appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adverb]

arghlyc1000

eislichec1175

faintly1297

fearedly1488

sheepishly1528

fearfully1548

timorously1548

tremblingly1552

sheepish1581

ghastly1589

frightfully1621

timidly1656

meticulouslya1682

fearingly1820

fearsomely1876

scarily1880

tremulously1886

mousily1910

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adverb]

sheepishly1528

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb] > sheepishly

sheepishly1528

sheepish1581

1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 281/2 We be sure ynough that wolues they be in dede, howe shepishlye soeuer they looke.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn3 When the rest (who as shepe had but followed their fellowes) so sheepishly had submitted themselues.

1612 W. Martyn Youths Instr. 69 Not to bee foolishly desperate, nor sheepishly feareful.

1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1665) xxxvii. 497 Those that are sheepishly led whither confident men will have them.

1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 97 Not that Men are bound to look as Sheepishly as they can, for fear of an Imputation.

1714 A. Pope Chaucer's Wife of Bath in R. Steele Poet. Misc. 13 Billy, my dear! how sheepishly you look? Approach my Spouse, and let me kiss thy Cheek.

1830 Forrester II. 147 The usual bows were exchanged, stiffly on the part of the peer, and sheepishly by Frederick.

1870 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends xii I hung about him, feeling sheepishly grateful.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sheepishly
释义	sheepishlyadv. /ˈʃiːpɪʃli/ Etymology: -ly suffix². In a sheepish manner; †like sheep; †meekly, timorously, or submissively to an excessive degree; with a bashful or embarrassed look or appearance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adverb] arghlyc1000 eislichec1175 faintly1297 fearedly1488 sheepishly1528 fearfully1548 timorously1548 tremblingly1552 sheepish1581 ghastly1589 frightfully1621 timidly1656 meticulouslya1682 fearingly1820 fearsomely1876 scarily1880 tremulously1886 mousily1910 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adverb] sheepishly1528 the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb] > sheepishly sheepishly1528 sheepish1581 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 281/2 We be sure ynough that wolues they be in dede, howe shepishlye soeuer they looke. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn3 When the rest (who as shepe had but followed their fellowes) so sheepishly had submitted themselues. 1612 W. Martyn Youths Instr. 69 Not to bee foolishly desperate, nor sheepishly feareful. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1665) xxxvii. 497 Those that are sheepishly led whither confident men will have them. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 97 Not that Men are bound to look as Sheepishly as they can, for fear of an Imputation. 1714 A. Pope Chaucer's Wife of Bath in R. Steele Poet. Misc. 13 Billy, my dear! how sheepishly you look? Approach my Spouse, and let me kiss thy Cheek. 1830 Forrester II. 147 The usual bows were exchanged, stiffly on the part of the peer, and sheepishly by Frederick. 1870 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends xii I hung about him, feeling sheepishly grateful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1528
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