bashfully

1. 1.

   in a shy or timid or bashful manner

   “he smiled shyly”

   Synonymsshylytimidly

Questions about bashfully

What does bashfully mean?

bashfully means "in a shy or timid or bashful manner".

How many syllables are in bashfully?

bashfully has 3 syllables: bash-ful-ly. The stress falls on "bash".

What is another word for bashfully?

Close synonyms include shyly, timidly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bashfully a common word?

bashfully is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.