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bashfully Definition


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bashful
adj
    1. Lacking confidence; shy; self-conscious.
      Thesaurus: shy, humble, timid, reticent, inhibited, timorous, diffident, shrinking, modest, reserved, abashed, sheepish; Antonym: confident.
Derivative: bashfully
adverb
    Derivative: bashfulness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from obsolete bash to disconcert, abash or lose confidence.



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