Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sheepish manner; bashfully; with mean timidity or diffidence; sillily.
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- adverb In a
sheepish way;meekly ;self-consciously ; withembarrassment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a sheepish manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Thank you,” he calls sheepishly, locking the car and pocketing the keys; not surprisingly, the only response is a burst of disembodied laughter.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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“Thank you,” he calls sheepishly, locking the car and pocketing the keys; not surprisingly, the only response is a burst of disembodied laughter.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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“Thank you,” he calls sheepishly, locking the car and pocketing the keys; not surprisingly, the only response is a burst of disembodied laughter.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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“Thank you,” he calls sheepishly, locking the car and pocketing the keys; not surprisingly, the only response is a burst of disembodied laughter.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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This New Year crept in sheepishly dragging behind it last year's pain.
Happy? New Year Sharon Bakar 2005
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This New Year crept in sheepishly dragging behind it last year's pain.
Archive 2005-01-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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"Right away," he called sheepishly, muttering, "Be back in a moment," to Flint before hurrying to the table.
Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003
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"Right away," he called sheepishly, muttering, "Be back in a moment," to Flint before hurrying to the table.
Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990
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"But I sometimes feel I'm doing something haram," she said sheepishly, using the Arabic word for banned.
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"But I sometimes feel I'm doing something haram," she said sheepishly, using the Arabic word for banned.
calavera commented on the word sheepishly
"Like in the chocolate ads, only I forgot the box of chocolates..." He shrugged sheepishly.
— On Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams.
June 22, 2008
dmcleod0914 commented on the word sheepishly
"Well no. I think it was new in the early sixties- Or late fifties at the earliest," he admitted sheepishly. --Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, pg.7
October 1, 2010