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Definition of Embarrassedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embarrassedly
| embarkations embarked embarkee embarkees embarkest embarketh embarking embarkment embarkments embarks | embarrasing embarred embarring embars embase embased |
Literary usage of Embarrassedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Acres of Diamonds by Russell Herman Conwell, Robert Shackleton (1915)
"... was handed up to him, and some one embarrassedly said a few words about its
being because he was home again. It was all as if he had just returned from ..."
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"She laughs embarrassedly, laughs shortly, and looks up at me several times, to
see if I notice that she is afraid. ..."
3. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"Lucy only hopes to be friends, she admits, embarrassedly. Lettie also would
explain her feeling. She has never disliked Lucy; she just thought Lucy wasn't ..."
4. The Bookman (1910)
"She stood, embarrassedly looking at the window. A shaft of evening sunshine was
slanting across the pathetic face raised toward her, as Emerald Fanny sat in ..."
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