sheepishly

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sheepishly

/ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.li/ UK, US

adverb more sheepishly · most sheepishly

In a sheepish way; shyly; meekly; bashfully; self-consciously; with embarrassment. But Frank Fairbanks, a retired public administrator, had to sheepishly acknowledge that he had grass. “Unfortunately, like many of our central Phoenix neighbors, we have a green lawn which consumes more water than xeriscape,” he told the paper.
Similar: abashedly, meekly, self-consciously, shyly, timidly, bashfully

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adv in a sheepish way

Русский	застенчиво zastenčivo

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@misc{sheepishly_2026,
  title = {sheepishly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sheepishly},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}