sheepishly
/ˈʃiːpɪʃ(ə)li
/adverb
In an embarrassed manner due to shame or a lack of self-confidence: I smiled sheepishly, my face instantly flushing I had to sheepishly admit my error...
- The congregation, taken aback a bit by the hectoring from the pulpit, retorted sheepishly, "We do."
- I grinned sheepishly, suddenly feeling very warm inside my brother's jacket.
- The company execs sheepishly suggest the concept didn't translate well to products.
- prefogging
- prefoliation
- preform
- preformant
- preformation
- preformationism
- preformationist
- preformative
- preformer
- preformism
- preformist
- pre-Freudian
- prefrontal
- prefrontal leucotomy
- prefrontal lobotomy
- prefulgent
- preg
- pregalactic
- pre-Galilean
- pregame
- pregamic
- pregaming
- preganglionic
- preganglionically
- pregastrular