flushingly

English

Etymology

From flushing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

flushingly (comparative more flushingly, superlative most flushingly)

In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment):
Synonym: blushingly
- 1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 243:
  No schoolgirl passed their observation-posts more flushingly than did Mrs. Dr. Kennicott. In shame she knew they glanced appraisingly at her snowy overshoes, speculating about her legs.

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