Word: bashfully
Part of speech: Adverb
Syllables: bash
ful
ly
Definition: In a bashful manner; disposed to avoid notice; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
Morphemes:
Affix: abash
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex-
Language: la
Decoded: ex-
Meaning: out of
Affix: bado
Language: la
Decoded: bado
Meaning: I gape, yawn
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.
Affix: -ful
Language: en
Meaning: full of
Affix: -ly
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adverbs from adjectives.