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shame·faced S0315300 (shām′fāst′)adj.1. Indicative of shame; ashamed: a shamefaced explanation.2. Extremely modest or shy; bashful.
[By folk etymology from obsolete shamefast, bashful, ashamed, from Middle English, from Old English sceamfæst : sceamu, shame + fæst, fixed; see fast1.]
shame′fac′ed·ly (-fā′sĭd-lē) adv.shame′fac′ed·ness n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | shamefacedly - in a shamefaced manner; "quarrels and dissensions ensued among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly handed over their parts to understudies" |
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