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Bashful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Properly, having a downcast look; hence very modest.

2. Modest to excess; sheepish.

3. Exciting shame.

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Bashful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

2. Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.

Bashfully [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Very modestly; in a timorous manner.

Bashfully [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a bashful manner.

Bashfulness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Excessive or extreme modesty; a quality of mind often visible in external appearance, as in blushing, a downcast look , confusion. etc.

2. Vicious or rustic shame.

Bashfulness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being bashful.