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GUILTILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guiltily mean?
• GUILTILY (adverb)
The adverb GUILTILY has 1 sense:
1. in the manner of someone who has committed an offense
Familiarity information: GUILTILY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the manner of someone who has committed an offense
Context example:
she blushed guiltily as she spoke
Pertainym:
guilty (showing a sense of guilt)
Context examples
He caught himself imagining the wonder of a caress from such a hand, and flushed guiltily.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"I don't care!" cried Daisy and began to clog on the brick fireplace. Then she remembered the heat and sat down guiltily on the couch just as a freshly laundered nurse leading a little girl came into the room.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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