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a. (archaic form of bashful English)
Usage examples of "bashfull".
So long as Guyon with her commoned,Vnto the ground she cast her modest eye,And euer and anone with rosie redThe bashfull bloud her snowy cheekes did dye,That her became, as polisht yuory,Which cunning Craftesman hand hath ouerlaydWith faire vermilion or pure Castory.
So forth the noble Ladie was ybrought,Adorn'd with honor and all comely grace:Whereto her bashfull shamefastnesse ywroughtA great increase in her faire blushing face.
I want you to vouch for Mr Bashfullsson, because I've never met him before in my life.
The dwarfs came and nicked some of our candles to put round their heathe that nasty sign,' said Fred, with a nervous look at Bashfullsson.
Vimes gave the hovering Bashfullsson a questioning glance, and got another smile in return.
Do you call-' Vimes began, and stopped when he saw Bashfullsson shaking his head.
It's as if he had his own Summoning Dark in his head,' said Bashfullsson.
Grag Bashfullsson, against all expectation, managed a very passable pig.
It's why you're still here, commander,' said Bashfullsson, appearing from behind a stalagmite.
He stopped dead when he heard the sound of drawn metal behind him, raised his hands, and said, 'Grag Bashfullsson, will you explain matters to the captain?
Out of the corner of his ear Vimes heard Sally say, 'Oops' Bashfullsson hurried forward and whispered something in the King's ear.
As the cracked old syllables unrolled, Bashfullsson went on: 'The first thyng Tak did, he wroten hymself.
There was Bashfullsson, down on one knee with his head resting almost companionably against the dwarf's chest and the edge of one hand pressed hard against Ardent's throat.
He stopped dead when he heard the sound of drawn metal behind him, raised his hands, and said, `Grag Bashfullsson, will you explain matters to the captain?
As the cracked old syllables unrolled, Bashfullsson went on: `The first thyng Tak did, he wroten hymself.