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sheepishly, adv.|ˈʃiːpɪʃlɪ|
[-ly2.]
In a sheepish manner; † like sheep; † meekly, timorously, or submissively to an excessive degree; with a bashful or embarrassed look or appearance.
1528More Dyaloge iv. Wks. 281/2 We be sure ynough that wolues they be in dede, howe shepishlye soeuer they looke. a1586Sidney Arcadia iv. (1598) 414 When the rest (who as sheepe had but followed their fellowes) so sheepishly had submitted themselues. 1612W. Martyn Youths Instr. 69 Not to bee foolishly desperate, nor sheepishly feareful. 1663S. Patrick Parab. Pilgr. xxxvii. (1665) 497 Those that are sheepishly led whither confident men will have them. 1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1703) 102 Not that men are bound to look as sheepishly as they can, for fear of an imputation. 1714Pope Wife of Bath 183 Billy, my dear, how sheepishly you look. Approach, my spouse, and let me kiss thy cheek. 1830Forrester II. 147 The usual bows were exchanged, stiffly on the part of the peer, and sheepishly by Frederick. 1870‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Fr. xii, I hung about him, feeling sheepishly grateful. |
