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1 vergonzosamente
adv.shamefully, bashfully; confoundedly.* * *► adverbio1 shamefully, ignominiously* * *ADV1) (=con timidez) bashfully, shyly; (=con modestia) modestly2) (=deshonrosamente) shamefully, disgracefully* * *= sheepishly, self-consciously, disgracefully, shamefully, abjectly, embarrassingly.Ex. 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.Ex. 'Thanks a bunch!' he said, smiling self-consciously.Ex. The increasing efficiency of machine printing did reduce the average price of reprints and of popular works but new literature remained disgracefully expensive.Ex. He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.Ex. The author examines the dominance of liberal anticommunism in McCarthyism, when professed liberals ' abjectly betrayed their own principles'.Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.* * *= sheepishly, self-consciously, disgracefully, shamefully, abjectly, embarrassingly.Ex: 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.
Ex: 'Thanks a bunch!' he said, smiling self-consciously.Ex: The increasing efficiency of machine printing did reduce the average price of reprints and of popular works but new literature remained disgracefully expensive.Ex: He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.Ex: The author examines the dominance of liberal anticommunism in McCarthyism, when professed liberals ' abjectly betrayed their own principles'.Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.* * *A (tímidamente) shyly, bashfullyB (ignominiosamente) disgracefully, shamefully* * *vergonzosamente adv1. [sin honra] shamefully, disgracefully2. [con timidez] bashfully -
2 detestablemente
См. также в других словарях:
Confoundedly — Con*found ed*ly, adv. Extremely; odiously; detestably. [Colloq.] Confoundedly sick. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confoundedly — confounded ► ADJECTIVE informal, dated ▪ used to express annoyance. DERIVATIVES confoundedly adverb … English terms dictionary
confoundedly — adverb see confounded … New Collegiate Dictionary
confoundedly — See confounded. * * * … Universalium
confoundedly — adverb In a confounded manner; as if thwarted or confused … Wiktionary
confoundedly — adv. in a perplexed manner, in a dumbfounded manner; detestably, damnably … English contemporary dictionary
confoundedly — con·found·ed·ly … English syllables
confoundedly — adverb in a perplexed manner he looked at his professor perplexedly • Syn: ↑perplexedly • Derived from adjective: ↑confounded, ↑perplexed (for: ↑perplexedly) … Useful english dictionary
confounded — confoundedly, adv. confoundedness, n. /kon fown did, keuhn /, adj. 1. bewildered; confused; perplexed. 2. damned (used euphemistically): That is a confounded lie. [1325 75; ME; see CONFOUND, ED2] * * * … Universalium
perplexedly — adverb in a perplexed manner he looked at his professor perplexedly • Syn: ↑confoundedly • Derived from adjective: ↑confounded (for: ↑confoundedly), ↑perplexed … Useful english dictionary
confounded — adjective Date: 14th century 1. confused, perplexed 2. damned • confoundedly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
