shamefacedness
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Don Lorenzo and Don Feliciano Gomez greeted the newcomer with a certain embarrassment, and with some shamefacedness, all of which confirmed Don Rosendo in his suspicion.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
It is not uncommon to hear a quiet, silent man of rank unjustly suspected of pride and haughtiness; but there could be no such mistake here—his shamefacedness was patent to all men.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
Covertly and with a sly shamefacedness, unlike himself, he was trying to read the expression in the huntsman's face.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
She turned and faced a dark, elderly personage, the robust dignity of whose bearing was now tempered with shamefacedness.
From The Squirrel-Cage by John Alanzo Williams
"I say, Jack, stow that!" he said gently, and with a little shamefacedness.
From The New Rector by Stanley John Weyman
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