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shame·faced (shām'fāst')
adj.
  1. Indicative of shame; ashamed: a shamefaced explanation.
  2. Extremely modest or shy; bashful.

[By folk etymology from obsolete shamefast, bashful, ashamed, from Middle English, from Old English sceamfæst : sceamu, shame + fæst, fixed; see fast1.]

shamefacedly shame'fac'ed·ly (-fā'sĭd-lē) adv.
shamefacedness shame'fac'ed·ness n.

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