Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a blushing manner; with blushes; modestly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
blushing manner; in a manner that evokes ablush .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I know Eb likes you, and," blushingly, "I think he will not be much surprised, either."
The Secret of the Storm Country Grace Miller White 1912
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The tug had pulled a part of his body which we will refer to blushingly as his johnson into the cam follower, which gave his foreskin a very painful pinch.
January 10th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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I blushingly demur, saying, "Why don't you choose something for me?"
Meredith Fein Lichtenberg, CCE: Toy Story: Motherhood and Sexual Healing CCE Meredith Fein Lichtenberg 2011
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I blushingly demur, saying, "Why don't you choose something for me?"
Meredith Fein Lichtenberg, CCE: Toy Story: Motherhood and Sexual Healing CCE Meredith Fein Lichtenberg 2011
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As a matter of fact, Mr. Hamboussi was almost apologetic that we'd be visiting the creek on a blushingly perfect sunny day, rather than in the drab light all the photos in his book were shot.
One Sunny Side of Sewage Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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Pearson's novel, inspired by her passionate childhood crush on David Cassidy I blushingly admit I had one too, sparked the realization that these teen crushes never really go away, they just morph into more mature crushes -- if that isn't some sort of hybrid of rationalization and oxymoron.
Gerit Quealy: Who's On Your Lust List? Gerit Quealy 2011
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But Lute, not similarly prepared for Jong-Keena, blushingly led the retreat of the girls to the dressing rooms.
CHAPTER XVI 2010
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From the general mirth that evening and the few words my Huntress could be prevailed upon to blushingly translate, I concluded that the tales told related generally to my prowess as a hunter and specifically to a detailed and humorous account of my failings thereas.
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Pearson's novel, inspired by her passionate childhood crush on David Cassidy I blushingly admit I had one too, sparked the realization that these teen crushes never really go away, they just morph into more mature crushes -- if that isn't some sort of hybrid of rationalization and oxymoron.
Gerit Quealy: Who's On Your Lust List? Gerit Quealy 2011
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Miss Pettigrew herself is blushingly drawn to the gallant Joe, a successful designer who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven Edythe – the one person who senses that the new “social secretary” may be out of her element, and schemes to undermine her.
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