Definitions
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- adverb In a
shamefast manner.
Etymologies
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shamefast + -ly
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Examples
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There are legends that Burton had to defend his life by taking others '; but he carried no arms, and confessed, rather shamefastly, that he had never killed anybody at any time.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The damsels, seeing the fish cooked and having taken enough, came forth of the water, their thin white garments all clinging to their skins and hiding well nigh nought of their delicate bodies, and passing shamefastly before the king, returned to the house.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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