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Definition of Self-consciously
1. Adverb. In an uncomfortably self-conscious manner. "The little girl self-consciously recited the poem"
Definition of Self-consciously
1. Adverb. In a self-conscious manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-consciously
Literary usage of Self-consciously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology Applied to the Art of Teaching by Joseph Baldwin (1895)
"Self consciously feels the excitation ; here body and mind clasp hands; ...
We only know that self consciously feels cerebral sensor-excitations, ..."
2. Mind (1899)
"In the former the recollection of the experiences acquired is retained because
the within is self-consciously related; in the latter the recollection of ..."
3. Psychology Applied to the Art of Teaching by Joseph Baldwin (1892)
"Self consciously feels the excitation; here body and mind clasp hands; ...
We only know that self consciously feels cerebral sensor-excitations, ..."
4. Selections from Manuscripts by James Hinton (1874)
"Are not things constantly done self-consciously—ie, by effort, thought, and
design—that they may be done afterwards without effort, or not self-consciously ..."
5. The Best British Short Stories of edited by John Cournos, Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1922)
"And he stooped and picked it up, putting it rather self-consciously, because of
the girl from whose table it had come, on the white tablecloth beside his ..."
6. The Literature of the Georgian Era by William Minto (1895)
"It was not only self-consciously but superciliously aristocratic. Sympathy with
the simple feelings of unfashionable folk was rare in those days. ..."
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