• Flushingly

    Origin

    flushing + -ly

    Full definition of flushingly

    Adverb

    flushingly

    1. In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment):
      • 1920, Main Street (novel), Sinclair Lewis, p. 243:No schoolgirl passed their observation-posts more flushingly than did Mrs. Dr. Kennicott. In shame she knew they glanced appraisingly at her snowy overshoes, speculating about her legs.

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