'Sheepishly' definitions:
Definition of 'sheepishly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a sheepish manner; "sheepishly he handed her back the money"
Definition of 'Sheepishly'
From: GCIDE
- Sheepish \Sheep"ish\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. [1913 Webster]
- Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature. --Locke. [1913 Webster] -- {Sheep"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Sheep"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sheepishly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjectly,
- apologetically,
- bashfully,
- blushingly,
- contritely,
- coyly,
- demurely,
- diffidently,
- guiltily,
- humbly,
- penitentially,
- penitently,
- repentantly,
- shamefacedly,
- shamefastly,
- shyly,
- timidly,
- timorously,
- with downcast eyes